Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Armenian Highland
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Greek
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Asante
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
tafadhali
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
pole
կներեք (knerek’)
I Love You
nakupenda
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Samahani
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Eastern Armenian
Native Name
Kiswahili
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
swahili
arménien
German Name
Swahili
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Armenians
Origin
6th century
late 5th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Swahili
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
arme1241
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
57-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic
Swahili and Armenian Speaking population
Swahili and Armenian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Armenian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Armenian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Swahili and Armenian on Swahili vs Armenian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Armenian Language Codes
Swahili and Armenian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Armenian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.