Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Armenian Highland
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
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Alphabets in
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Olonets
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Olonets
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Novgorod
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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
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
russ1263
arme1241
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
57-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Russian 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 Russian and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Armenian language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Armenian Difficulty
The Russian vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.