Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Russia
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Greek
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3338
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
106
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2132
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
612
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
30,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Olonets
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Olonets
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
154,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Novgorod
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Novgorod
-
How Many People Speak
154,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
132
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
2.33 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
166.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Русский
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Russki
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
russe
arménien
German Name
Russisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Russians
Armenians
Origin
1000 AD
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Eastern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
714
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ru
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
rus
hye
ISO 639 2/B
rus
arm
ISO 639 3
rus
hye
ISO 639 6
rus
hye
Glottocode
russ1263
arme1241
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic