Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Greek
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3138
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2032
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
612
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
alo
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
multumesc
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
noapte Buna
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
buna Seara
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Vă Rog
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
scuze
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
La revedere
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Te iubesc
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
250,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
5,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Croatia
-
How Many People Speak
1,400.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
102
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Română
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
roumain; moldave
arménien
German Name
Rumänisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Armenians
Origin
1521
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Romanian
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
3614
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ro
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
hye
ISO 639 2/B
rum
arm
ISO 639 3
ron
hye
ISO 639 6
ron
hye
Glottocode
roma1327
arme1241
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic