Languages of Armenia
National or
official language: Armenian. 3,536,000 (1998 UN). Formerly part of USSR.
Capital: Erevan. 11,306 square miles. Literacy rate 99%. Also includes Georgian
1,314, Greek 4,700, Karachay-Balkar 983, Russian 70,000, Ukrainian 8,000. Data
accuracy estimate: B. The number of languages listed for Armenia is 6. Of those,
all are living languages. Diversity index 0.16.
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Spoken living languages
ARMENIAN
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[ARM] 3,197,000 in Armenia (1993 Johnstone). 91% of
the ethnic group in the former USSR spoke it as mother tongue (1979
census). Population total all countries 6,000,000 (1999 WA). Alternate names: HAIEREN, SOMKHURI, ENA, ERMENICE, ERMENI DILI,
ARMJANSKI YAZYK. Dialects:
EASTERN ARMENIAN, EREVAN (ERIWAN), TBILISI (TIFLIS), KARABAGH, SHAMAKHI (SCHAMACHI),
ASTRAKHAN (ASTRACHAN), DZHULFA (DSCHUGHA, DSCHULFA), AGULIS, KHVOY-SALMST
(CHOI-SALMST), URMIA-MARAGHEH (URMIA-MARAGHA), ARTVIN (ARTWIN), KARIN (ERZURUM,
ERZERUM), MUS (MUSCH), VAN (WAN), TIGRANAKERT (DIYARBAKIR, DIARBEKIR),
KHARBERD (CHARBERD, ERZINCAN, ERZENKA), SHABIN-KARAHISSAR (SCHABIN-KARAHISSAR),
TRABZON (TRAPEZUNT), HAMSHEN (HAMSCHEN), MALATYA (MALATIA), KILIKIEN,
SYRIA (SYRIEN), ARABKIR, AKN, SEBASTE, EWDOKIA (TOKAT), SMYRNA (IZMIR),
NORTH KOMEDIA, CONSTANTINOPLE (KONSTANTINOPEL, ISTANBUL), RODOSTO, CRIMEA
(KRIM), ASHKHARIK. Classification:
Indo-European, Armenian.
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ASSYRIAN NEO-ARAMAIC
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[AII] 3,000 speakers in Armenia (1999) out of a
reported population of 15,000. Erevan and scattered throughout
Transcaucasia. Alternate names:
AISORSKI. Classification:
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern.
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AZERBAIJANI, NORTH
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[AZE] 161,000 in Armenia (1993 Johnstone). In
southern Dagestan, along the Caspian coast and beyond the Caucasian Mts. Alternate
names: AZERI TURK, TURKLER, AZERBAYDZHANI. Dialects:
KUBA, DERBENT, BAKU, SEMAKHA, SALIANY, LENKORAN, KAZAKH, AIRYM, BORCALA,
TEREKEME, KYZYLBASH, NUKHA, ZAKATALY (MUGALY), KUTKASEN, EREVAN,
NAKHICHEVAN, ORDUBAD, KIROVABAD, SUSA (KARABAKH), KARAPAPAK. Classification:
Altaic, Turkic, Southern, Azerbaijani.
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KURMANJI
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[KUR] 58,000 in Armenia, including Yezid (1993
Johnstone), 84% speak it as mother tongue (1979). Alternate
names: NORTHERN KURDISH, KERMANJI, KIRMANJI. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western,
Northwestern, Kurdish.
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LOMAVREN
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[RMI] Armenia, southern Caucasus. Also spoken in
Azerbaijan, Russia (Asia), Syria. Alternate
names: ARMENIAN BOSHA, ARMENIAN BOSA, BOSHA, BOSA. Classification: Indo-European, Armenian.
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