Classical Armenian
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Classical Armenian is the historical literary form of the Armenian language, used in early Armenian literature and still employed as a sacred and scholarly language in the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Armenian | 2 |
| Classical Armenian orthography | 1 |
| Old Armenian | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical language
ⓘ
literary language ⓘ sacred language ⓘ standardized form of a language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Grabar
ⓘ
Classical Armenian ⓘ
surface form:
Old Armenian
|
| associatedWith |
Armenian literature
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Armenian literature
Mesrop Mashtots ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Proto-Armenian ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem | seven-case nominal system (traditionally analyzed) ⓘ |
| hasForm |
liturgical chant texts
ⓘ
written language ⓘ |
| hasGrammar |
complex nominal declension
ⓘ
developed verbal system ⓘ rich inflectional morphology ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | xcl ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticType | fusional language ⓘ |
| hasPhonology |
distinct from Modern Eastern Armenian
ⓘ
distinct from Modern Western Armenian ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
actively used in liturgy and scholarship
ⓘ
no longer spoken as a native language ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Classical Armenian
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Armenian orthography
|
| influenced |
Middle Armenian
ⓘ
Modern Armenian literary language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Armenian branch of Indo-European
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| nativeName | գրաբար ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Armenian Bible
ⓘ
History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi ⓘ |
| region |
Armenia
ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | early Armenian church scholars ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Armenian language ⓘ |
| taughtAs | classical language ⓘ |
| taughtIn | Armenian theological seminaries ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
5th century AD
ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedAs |
language of early Armenian literature
ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ scholarly language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Bible translation
ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ historiography ⓘ liturgical texts ⓘ theological works ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Armenian Apostolic Church
ⓘ
Armenian Catholic Church ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Armenian alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old Armenian
this entity surface form:
Armenian
this entity surface form:
Classical Armenian orthography
this entity surface form:
Armenian