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Armenian and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Greek  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
32  
22

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Armenian manuscript  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Wu  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Yue  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
-  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
6.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
7.00 million  
99+

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
chinois  
arménien  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Armenians  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
1  
1
14  
13

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Signed Armenian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
arm  

ISO 639 3
zho  
hye  

ISO 639 6
zho  
hye  

Glottocode
sini1245  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Chinese and Armenian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Armenian dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Armenian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Armenian Dialects are spoken in different Armenian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Armenian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian , Western Armenian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Armenian Speaking population

Chinese and Armenian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Armenian languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Armenian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Armenian on Chinese vs Armenian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Armenian Language Codes

Chinese and Armenian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Armenian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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