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Name:
Armenian
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Armenian (Iranian); Haieren; Somkhuri; Ermenice; Ermeni Dili; Armjanski Yazyk; Armjanski; Somekhuri; Armani; Erâmani; Armenisch; Ena; Armanski
Spoken in:
Ukraine, USA, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, India, Iraq, Iran, Estonia, France, Georgia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Israel, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Palestinian West Bank and Gaza, Canada, Kazakhstan, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Russia, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Honduras
Number of speakers:
3,140,000 in Armenia (2001 census). Population total all countries: 6,376,520
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
250000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
6723840
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
hye
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Language:
Middle Armenian (axm)
Child Dialects:
Trabzon; Trapezunt (hye-tra)
Rodosto (hye-rod)
Artvin; Artwin (hye-art)
Kilikien (hye-kil)
Crimea; Krim (hye-cri)
Tigranakert; Diyarbakir; Diarbekir (hye-tig)
Astrakhan; Astrachan; Astrakhân (hye-ast)
Malatya; Malatia (hye-mal)
Tbilisi; Tiflis (hye-tbi)
Ewdokia; Tokat (hye-ewd)
Karabagh (hye-krb)
Arabkir (hye-ara)
Shamakhi; Schamachi (hye-shm)
Karabagh Shamakhi (hye-kar)
Ashkharik (hye-ash)
Urmia-Maragheh; Urmia-Maragha (hye-uma)
Eastern Armenian; Armenian (Eastern) (hye-ear)
Kharberd; Charberd; Erzincan; Erzenka (hye-kha)
Sebaste (hye-seb)
North Komedia (hye-nkm)
Shabin-Karahissar; Schabin-Karahissar (hye-sha)
Van; Wan (hye-van)
Akn (hye-akn)
Mus; Musch (hye-mus)
Erevan; Eriwan (hye-ere)
Western Armenian; Armenian (Western) (hye-war)
Constantinople; Konstantinopel; Istanbul (hye-con)
Karin; Erzurum; Erzerum (hye-kan)
Dzhulfa; Dschugha; Dschulfa; Jolfâ (hye-dzh)
Khoi-Salmst; Khvoy; Khvoy-Salmst; Choi-Salmst (hye-kho)
Agulis (hye-agu)
Smyrna; Izmir (hye-smy)
Jolfâ; Dzhulfa; Dschugha; Dschulfa (hye-jol)
Syria; Syrien (hye-syr)
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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