Armenian language
Indo-European language
The Armenian language[2] is an Indo-European language that is spoken by Armenians.
| Armenian | |
|---|---|
| Հայերեն Hayeren | |
Native speakers | 5–7 million[1] |
Indo-European
| |
Early forms | Proto-Armenia
|
| Dialects |
|
| Armenian alphabet | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh (not recognized internationally) Recognized, and Spoken in: Georgia Turkey Iran Russia Azerbaijan (Easternmost Armenian dialect) Lebanon Cyprus Syria Greece United States |
| Regulated by | National Academy of Sciences of Armenia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | hy |
| ISO 639-2 | arm (B) hye (T) |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:hye – Modern Armenianxcl – Classical Armenianaxm – Middle Armenian |
| Linguasphere | 57-AAA-a (31 varieties) |
It is the official language of Armenia and the occupied region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities all over the world. It is written by its own Armenian alphabet. The language has two standard forms: Eastern Armenian and Western Armenian.
References change
Armenian edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- ↑ Modern Armenian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Classical Armenian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Middle Armenian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ հայերեն, or հայոց լեզու, Armenian way of saying it: [hɑjɛˈɾɛn] — hayeren, conventional short form hayeren
