Armenian language
The Armenian language[2] is an Indo-European language that is spoken by Armenians.
Armenian | |
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Հայերեն Hayeren | |
Native speakers | 5–7 million[1] |
Indo-European
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Early forms | Proto-Armenia
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Dialects |
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Armenian alphabet | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh (not recognized internationally) |
Regulated by | National Academy of Sciences of Armenia |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | hy |
ISO 639-2 | arm (B) hye (T) |
ISO 639-3 | Variously: hye – Modern Armenian xcl – Classical Armenian axm – Middle Armenian |
Linguasphere | 57-AAA-a (31 varieties) |
It is the official language of Armenia and the occupied region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities all over the world. It is written by its own Armenian alphabet. The language has two standard forms: Eastern Armenian and Western Armenian.
References

Armenian edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Modern Armenian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Classical Armenian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Middle Armenian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - հայերեն, or հայոց լեզու, Armenian way of saying it: [hɑjɛˈɾɛn] — hayeren, conventional short form hayeren
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