Countries
Japan
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Japan
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Palau
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Korean Language
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9938
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1432
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
512
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kansai
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
kansai
-
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
日本語
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
japonais
arménien
German Name
Japanisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Armenians
Origin
1185
late 5th century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Japanese
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
814
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
hye
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
arm
ISO 639 3
jpn
hye
ISO 639 6
jpn
hye
Glottocode
nucl1643
arme1241
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic