Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Armenian Highland
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
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Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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’)
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Germany
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Texas German
Eastern Armenian
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
Origin
6th Century AD
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
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
Signed Forms
Signed German
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
arme1241
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
57-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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.