Language/Armenian
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Facts about Armenian
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
hye - Autonyms (how to write "Armenian" in Armenian):
Հայերէն / Հայերեն - Other names for "Armenian":
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Haieren, Somkhuri, Armjanski, Armani, Erâmani, Somekhuri, Armanski - The Armenian language is spoken in:
Armenia - Spoken by: 5 and 7 million people
Armenian is an Indo-European language belonging to an independent branch of which it is the only member. It is the official language of Armenia. Historically spoken in the Armenian Highlands, today Armenian is widely spoken throughout the Armenian diaspora. Armenian is written in its own writing system, the Armenian alphabet, introduced in 405 AD by the priest Mesrop Mashtots. The total number of Armenian speakers worldwide is estimated between 5 and 7 million.
Armenian has many similarities with ancient Greek (etymological parallels, use of the augment, particular treatment of laryngeal Indo-European, etc.), as pointed out by the French linguist Antoine Meillet. On the other hand, the consonants of Proto-Armenian underwent the first consonant mutation (Grimm's law), which brings it closer to Germanic languages for its phonological physiognomy.
Sources
Dictionaries
• Nayiri: Dictionary of the Armenian language, by Antranig Granian (1998) & Comprehensive dictionary Armenian-English, by Mesrob Kouyoumdjian (1970)
• Arak-29: etymological dictionary
• Isma: Armenian-English dictionary & translation
• Hayastan.com: Armenian-English dictionary
• Calfa.fr: Classical Armenian dictionaries (5th-19th centuries), Armenian-English dictionary (Matthias Bedrossian) & Armenian-French dictionary
• Dictionnaires-Machtotz.org: Armenian dictionary, Armenian-English dictionary & Armenian-French dictionary
• digital dictionaries: fist names, synonyms, rhyms…
• Nayiri: Armenian dictionary, Armenian-English dictionary & Armenian-French dictionary
• Loecsen: Armenian-English common phrases (+ audio)
• Goethe-Verlag: Armenian-English common phrases & illustrated vocabulary (+ audio)
• Culinar termes: French-Western Armenian-English vocabulary (2015)
• My first book of Armenian words (2001)
• Armenian-English dictionary by Matthias Bedrossian (1875)
• A dictionary English and Armenian by Paschal Aucher & John Brand (1868)
• Vocabulary of words used in modern Armenian but not found in the ancient Armenian lexicons, by Elias Riggs (1847)