Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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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
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2438
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2132
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
312
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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’)
Bye
bye
Ց'տեսություն
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
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Kilwa
-
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
122
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
75.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Swahili
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
2114
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
hye
ISO 639 2/B
swa
arm
ISO 639 3
swa
hye
ISO 639 6
swa
hye
Glottocode
swah1254
arme1241
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic