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Croatian vs Armenian


Armenian vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
1  
14

National Language
Austria  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Greek  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Armenian manuscript  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
hvala  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
kako si  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
laku noć  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
molim  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
-  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
6.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
7.00 million  
99+

Native Name
hrvatski  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
croate  
arménien  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Armenians  

History

Origin
9th century  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
23  
21
14  
13

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Signed Armenian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
arm  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
hye  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
hye  

Glottocode
croa1245  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Croatian and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Armenian language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Croatian and Armenian Language History.

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Croatian and Armenian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Croatian and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Armenian language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Croatian vs Armenian Difficulty

The Croatian vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian Alphabets and Armenian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Croatian and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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