Get to Know the Armenian language and Armenian culture

 

The Armenian language is the official language of Armenia, and is spoken by an estimated 5 to 7 million people worldwide - among a diaspora spanning all six inhabited continents.

Though an Indo-European language, Armenian is the only member of its particular branch of the Indo-European family.

It also has its own writing system - the Armenian alphabet - created in 405 CE by Mesrop Mashtots. In the Armenian alphabet, ‘Armenian’ is written հայերեն (hayeren).

 

Why learn the Armenian language?

Beautiful street with cafes and bars in Yerevan, Armenia

Yerevan, Armenia

Photo by Levon Vardanyan on Unsplash

Speakers :

5 to 7 million

Where :

Armenia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Greece, Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Belarus, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Australia, Canada, the United States, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile

Dialects :

Western Armenian and Eastern Armenian are the two standardised forms, but there were several dozen Armenian dialects prior to the Armenian genocide

Map of where the Armenian language is spoken
 

Cover Image

Yerevan, Armenia

Photo by Gor Davtyan on Unsplash

Map

By GalaxMaps - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94009912

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