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German vs Armenian


Armenian vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Greek   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
9   
1
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Armenian manuscript   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
Danke   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
bitte   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
Tschüs   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Eastern Armenian   

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Western Armenian   

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

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Not Applicable   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
6.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
6.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   

French Name
allemand   
arménien   

German Name
Deutsch   
Armenisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Armenians   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
late 5th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
arm   

ISO 639 3
deu   
hye   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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German and Armenian Language History

Comparison of German vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of German and Armenian language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Armenian Language History.

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German 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 German and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Armenian language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common German Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

German vs Armenian Difficulty

The German vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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