Middle Armenian
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Middle Armenian is the historical stage of the Armenian language that developed between Classical and Modern Armenian, marked by significant phonological, grammatical, and lexical changes.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Middle Armenian canonical | 8 |
| Modern Armenian | 3 |
| Middle Armenian language | 1 |
| Middle Period Armenian | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical language
ⓘ
stage of the Armenian language ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Classical Armenian ⓘ |
| developedInto |
Eastern Armenian
ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Eastern Armenian
Western Armenian ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Western Armenian
|
| follows | Classical Armenian ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Middle Armenian
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Armenian language
Middle Armenian ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Period Armenian
|
| hasAncestor |
Classical Armenian
ⓘ
Proto-Armenian ⓘ |
| hasCorpus | Cilician Armenian manuscripts ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Eastern Armenian
ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Armenian
|
| hasDomain | historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
changes in consonant system
ⓘ
emergence of new periphrastic verb forms ⓘ increased use of analytic constructions ⓘ influence from neighboring languages ⓘ phonological reduction of unstressed vowels ⓘ reduction of classical inflectional system ⓘ significant grammatical change ⓘ significant lexical change ⓘ significant phonological change ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Medieval Greek
ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine Greek
Persian language ⓘ Turkic languages ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no separate ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| linguisticStageBetween | Classical Armenian and Modern Armenian ⓘ |
| partOf | Armenian language ⓘ |
| precedes | Modern Armenian ⓘ |
| region |
Cilicia
ⓘ
historical Armenian Highlands ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| standardizedIn |
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
ⓘ
surface form:
Cilician Armenian Kingdom
|
| studiedIn | Armenian philology ⓘ |
| subfamily | Armenian branch of Indo-European ⓘ |
| timePeriod | approximately 11th century to 17th century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Armenian Church authors
ⓘ
medieval Armenian scribes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative documents
ⓘ
historical chronicles ⓘ literary works ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Cilician Armenia
ⓘ
medieval Armenian principalities ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Armenian alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Modern Armenian
this entity surface form:
Modern Armenian
this entity surface form:
Middle Armenian language
this entity surface form:
Middle Period Armenian