Armenian language

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Armenian is an Indo-European language with its own unique alphabet, primarily spoken in Armenia and among Armenian communities worldwide.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Armenian 48
Armenian language canonical 13
Common Armenian 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European language
language
alphabetCreationDate early 5th century
alphabetCreator Mesrop Mashtots
developedFrom Proto-Armenian
family Indo-European
glottologCode arme1241
hasAncestor Classical Armenian
Middle Armenian
hasCaseSystem seven grammatical cases (in standard language)
hasDialect Hamshen Armenian
hasLiteraryTraditionSince 5th century
hasMacrolanguageCodeISO639-3 hye
hasMorphologicalType fusional
hasPart Eastern Armenian
Western Armenian
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant system
vowel length distinctions in some dialects
hasStandardForm Eastern Armenian
surface form: Standard Eastern Armenian

Western Armenian
surface form: Standard Western Armenian
historicalNumberOfLettersInAlphabet 36
languageCodeISO639-1 hy
languageCodeISO639-2 arm
hye
languageCodeISO639-3 hye
nativeTo Armenia
Republic of Artsakh
surface form: Artsakh

eastern Turkey
surface form: Eastern Turkey

Georgia
Iran
Lebanon
Syria
diaspora communities worldwide
notableWorkInLanguage Armenian Bible translation
History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi
numberOfLettersInAlphabet 39
officialLanguageOf Armenia
surface form: Republic of Armenia

Republic of Artsakh
primaryCountry Armenia
primaryReligionAssociated Armenian Apostolic Church
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Cyprus
Poland
Romania
Russia
Ukraine
regulatingBody National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
scriptDirection left-to-right
writingSystem Armenian Braille
Armenian alphabet
writingSystemType alphabetic

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armenian Province languageUsed Armenian language
this entity surface form: Armenian
Karabakh region (broad sense) language Armenian language
this entity surface form: Armenian
Armenia Minor languageHistoricallySpoken Armenian language
this entity surface form: Armenian
Artashat (Armenia) languageMajority Armenian language
subject surface form: Artashat
this entity surface form: Armenian
Our Fatherland hasWorkLanguage Armenian language
this entity surface form: Armenian
Vardenis hasLanguage Armenian language
this entity surface form: Armenian
Armn language Armenian language
Armn scriptPrimaryUse Armenian language
Ana Khesarian languageSpoken Armenian language
this entity surface form: Armenian
Mikael Boghosian is an Armenian medical student languageSpoken Armenian language
subject surface form: Mikael Boghosian
this entity surface form: Armenian
Goris languageUsed Armenian language
this entity surface form: Armenian
Udi language contactInfluenceFrom Armenian language