Armenian Language Primer

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Bicycles and Development of the Armenian Language

The Armenian language is considered to be an Indo-European language. However, some experts believe it to be more of an Indo-Iranian language. The Armenian language comes from the early Indo-European differentiation that happened around the 6th century A. D. The nearest language to Armenian that still survives is Greek. Due to its long and close contact, the Armenian language in addition has borrowed some of the same words from Iranian dialects and thus it was classified as an Iranian language. That classification was terminated based on further studies and comparisons.

According to some of the more traditional sources, the unique Armenian alphabet was made approximately 405 A. D. Between the 6th and seventh centuries, the Armenian language was referred to as Time-honored or Old Armenian, also known as Grabar. Later on, in the 19th century, two new literary dialects has been around since: Eastern Armenian and Western Armenian. The Republic of Armenia utilizes the Eastern vernacular as its official language. Master Byron, a well-known English poet, translated a handful of Armenian books into English as well as wrote a couple of books on the language's sentence structure after studying the language for a few years with Father They would. Avgerian.

Related Dialects

The Armenian language has two main dialects, Eastern and Western, with each consisting of sub-dialects. The majority of the Western Armenian vernacular faded due to the effects of the Armenian Genocide which occurred during and just after WWI. Additionally, neither vernacular is homogeneous. ermeni meselesi While it may be true that all vernacular comes from one central language, some of the sub-dialects are not mutually intelligible.

Some experts have studied many of the Armenian dialects that are present in Atlanta, Iran, Turkey and other surrounding countries of Armenia where Armenians have settled down. The dialects that were found to be present in these countries haven't been divided into the traditional Armenian dialects: Eastern and Western. Instead three main divisions were found: el, ge and owm. These three dialects are then divided into their own sub-dialects.

Within the Armenian language one can find many similarities to the European language. That is due to the fact that Armenia was under the control of the Soviet Union for many years.
Status Today

The Armenian language is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as Nagomo-Karabakh. Nagomo-Karabakh is a de facto independent republic of Azerbaijan. Armenian haven't yet been recognized by the international community. The Armenian language can also be found in use by the Armenian communities all over the world. Armenian is the local language of and is voiced by over 5 million people. Roughly 3 million of those people have a home in Armenia, while another million reside within the Soviet Union. Other places in which the Armenian language is voiced add the Balkan region, Middle East as well as the You. S.