Their individuality is evident in their religion, language, family social structure, food and arts. A guide to which languages are most widely spoken, hardest to learn and other revealing facts. The armenian language belongs to the indoeuropean group of languages. Factretriever interesting facts for the curious mind. Armenian is the language used by the 89 million armenians. Practice armenian with virtual flashcards, play games and record yourself saying the words to practice pronunciation. Armenian language and culture armenian communities. While the population of the world grows at roughly 1. Enter here for the text only version of discover armenian. Food is a portal to armenias past and presentday culture. Armenian classes in boston armenian lessons boston. We have adopted an objective and efficient approach to learn how to speak a language easily and quickly. There are much fewer resources for armenian than other languages but there are a few good ones i recommend. List of famous singaporean women with their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.
Apr 14, 2016 one thing that is key to navajo identity is the navajo language, and here are five facts you may not have known about it. Like most other languages spoken in spain that are not castilian another name for the spanish spoken in spain, galician has a lot of interesting aspects to it. Ur, important city of ancient southern mesopotamia sumer, situated about 140 miles 225 km southeast of the site of babylon and about 10 miles 16 km west of the present bed of the euphrates river. World translation center can provide professional armenian translation services for english to armenian and armenian to english. Though armenians were known to history much earlier.
There are more than 2 million speakers in china, approximately 1 million in the united states, and about 500,000 in japan. Personalised keep calm learn armenian t shirt tee funny xmas gift s m l. The modern armenian language exists in two literary forms. With these concrete examples, you learn armenian quickly and thoroughly. Armenian language has a rich vocabulary and centurieslong history.
Interesting facts about the spanish language in the us. Learn to speak the armenian language little armenia. Armenia is a eurasian country that was once a republic of the soviet union. You can also build interesting friendships with other armenian learners or people from armenia. Anyone can change the pages in wikipedia, or even make new ones.
Learning to speak armenian can be quick and easy with our armenian language courses and learning aids. Mar 30, 2018 lets take a virtual trip to the coldest and largest country in the world russia. Interesting facts about the armenian language youtube. These free language learning apps let you build your own study sets so you decide which words you focus on. The kopet dag, kopet dagh, or koppeh dagh, also known as the turkmenkhorasan mountain range is a mountain range on the frontier between. Armenian languages article about armenian languages by. Its always bugged me as ive never liked leaving things incomplete. Lets take a virtual trip to the coldest and largest country in the world russia.
The language has three hundred and thirty million native speakers all over the world. As such, we offer the most cuttingedge and trusted library of interesting facts, from the wondrous to the weird. It actually comes from a different indigenous language, tewa, which includes the word navahu, meaning large field. Many now believe that armenian is a close relative of the extinct phrygian language. See more ideas about armenian language, armenia and armenian culture. If you dont yet, you can start learning now with the new living language swahili online course. What is the best way to learn the armenian language via. I will write about the 5 most beautiful scripts which i have seen so far. Armenian in boston want to travel abroad, connect with family overseas, or expand your business across borders. In the early 21st century the armenian language is spoken by some 6. After i updated windows 10 in my laptop, on internet explorer when i am watching something in armenian, it doesnt show armenian language, it just shows, i am very disappointed, can same one help me please, how fix it.
It is part of the iberoromance language family, along with portuguese, spanish, asturian, and aragonese. Virginia woolf language is a virus from outer space. Armenian has the unique characteristic, along with hittite an indoeuropean language now extinct of being a language that is equally related to both the western branches of the indoeuropean family and the eastern branches, making armenian the bridge between east and west in. It is a wiki that runs using the software mediawiki like all other wikimedia projects. Let me highlight that in this article you wont find a detailed explanation of each graph and question. A list of the languages that we work with is shown below. Foreign language schools existed from the 2nd century bc on. Armenian language, member of the thracophrygian subfamily of the indoeuropean family of languages see indoeuropean indoeuropean, family of languages. The history of christianity in armenia refers to the time when christs apostles. In antiquity the river ran much closer to the city. The capital of armenia is yerevan which was founded 2800 years ago and is one of the oldest cities in the world. Never be late for dinner, smoke havana cigars and drink armenian cognac sir winston churchill there are rumors that putin is currently requesting his own cases shipped up to russia regularly.
These six facts about galician should give you a good overview of the language. Before creating an armenian alphabet, armenians used aramaic and greek characters. Estonia is also among the cleanest places on the planet earth to breath. Only 51% of new yorkers speak only english while at home with the other 49% speaking either of the numerous languages from all around the world. Interesting facts about armenia fun facts about armenia. Also be sure to visit my essential language learning tools page for the best of the best resources to help you with your language learning. Today, 97% of the population today are christians and armenia has one of the most beautiful churches in the world. French and several other languages have also begun to be studied and used. In armenian schools, chess is one of the mandatory subjects.
Here are some quick facts about the icelandic language origin and history. See more ideas about armenian language, language and armenian alphabet. Its now been 66 amazing, triumphant, heartbreaking, aweinspiring, jubilant, soul searching, transcendent, glorious years since the jewish people returned to their ancestral homeland. Korean language, language spoken by more than 75 million people, of whom 48 million live in south korea and 24 million in north korea.
Languages of the world interesting facts about languages. Harry n friends farm fun armenian by saheri creations armenian language, farm fun. In this article, well examine the industry and highlight a few facts that will help you decide whether this degree should be in your future plans. Armenia is an ethnically homogeneous country, in which armenian is the official language and is spoken as a first language by the majority of its population as of today, russian is still, by far, the best known foreign language among the armenian population. Bbc languages learn languages in your own time and have fun with languages of the world. Armenian language article about armenian language by the. The armenian language is an indoeuropean language, spoken by armenians it is the official language of armenia and the region of nagornokarabakh. Although they share almost the same vocabulary, the important divergences in. Before you commit to a career in computer science, familiarize yourself with some of the facts about the field. The albanian language has been written using many different alphabets since the earliest records from the 14th century. Burroughs when it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. Currently 350,000 people speak icelandic in the world.
We pride ourselves in our ability to find a translator or interpreter for any or all languages. This is a fact which is important for linguists who are more interested in the history of iceland and its native language. The alphabet was created by mesrop mashtots 100 years after christianity had been adopted as the national religion in armenia. You cant help but notice the differences that set armenians apart from many other ethnic groups.
The armenian script was also used by turkishspeaking assimilated armenians between the 1840s and 1890s. The iranian plateau or the persian plateau is a geological formation in western asia and central asia. We can also translate armenian to and from over 150 other languages, including all the principal languages of europe, asia, south america, the middle east and a wide range of african languages, at competitive prices. Six interesting facts about galician alpha omega translations. Armenian language is the continuation of aramean language which jesus was speaking. Factretriever interesting facts for the curious mind toggle navigation. Whether you are looking for an all audio armenian course like pimsleur or a computer based armenian course like rosetta stone, we have whats right for you. This culinary journey across the land called hayastan presents the rich history. Discover armenian language software gives users the opportunity to learn western armenian by reading the armenian language, speaking the armenian language, and hearing the armenian language by native armenian speakers.
Learn more about our translation services for over over 200 languages. This script was used to write the indian language marathi for several centuries until the govt. Dinolingo is a self learning program, where children get to learn languages by watching videos and playing games independently at home. Foreign ministry and government of pakistan does not recognize armenia as a sovereign state, which makes pakistan the only country that does not recognize armenia. I am not armenian, my wife is, but i have been to armenia and will be going again at the end of the month. It is widely spoken as a second or third language, being a lingua franca in many regions of africa. There are also about 2000,000 speakers in neighboring georgia and sizable communities in iran, lebanon, syria, turkey, and the united states. This past two weeks has really been an eyeopener for me as to how much i truly remember.
The longest official game of chess took place in 1989 that included 269 moves and went on for over 20 hours. I thought id put together a short list of who i consider to be some of the most prolific and authoritative bloggers on language learning at present. The history of albanian language orthography is closely related to the cultural orientation and knowledge of certain foreign languages among albanian writers. Armenian is the native language of armenia, a landlocked country in transcaucasia bordering turkey and iran. Dinolingo is the largest online language learning program for children. Theoretically, two players could play a game of chess with 5,949 moves, making it the longest game possible. It has some very interesting peculiarities within the language itself and is justly considered unique. Armenia is a nation, and former soviet republic, in the mountainous caucasus region straddling asia and europe armenias official name is republic of armenia located between the black and caspian seas, armenia is bordered on the north and east by georgia and azerbaijan, and on the south and west by iran and turkey official language is armenian as of 1 january 2016, the population of. As the worlds population currently stands at 7 billion people, it means that 0.
If you are interested in culture, bear in mind that being able to communicate in another language automatically fosters an appreciation for the traditions, religions, arts, and history of the people associated with that language. The diverse languages and nationalities in new york. The alphabet consists of 36 original letters, and three more were added in the 12th centuries to accommodate foreign words. The armenian language is an excellent choice to begin to learn if you have any kind of interest in languages. Wikipedia has a standard page layout for all pages in the encyclopedia. I ts 25 years since armenia gained independence from the soviet union, and to mark the occasion telegraph travel has unearthed a few things you probably didnt know about the country 1. Central asia or middle asia is the core region of the asian continent and stretches from the caspian sea in the west to china in the east and from afghanistan in the south to russia in the north. They were sure it gave them strength and enthusiasm. Koine greek is difficult because of the way its taught. It is its own independent branch of the family of the indoeuropean languages, with no living close relatives. Apr 15, 2019 here are some quick facts about the icelandic language origin and history. Linguists theorize that 5,0007,000 years ago the protoindoeuropean language splintered into dialects, one of which was armenian, a separate branch of the indoeuropean language family. Although christianity is the largest religion in the world and there are massive missionary efforts under way, its overall rate of growth is slower than that of some other faiths and of the world population as a whole.
Ive been living in armenia for 3 months and studying eastern armenian with many online tools as well as classes with a teacher. Aug 26, 2015 it is part of the iberoromance language family, along with portuguese, spanish, asturian, and aragonese. The armenian language is an indoeuropean language that is the only language in the. Which operating systems does this software work on.
In this article, we will provide you some fun and interesting facts about armenia. Around forty five million people are either native or learned the spanish language in the united states. It is the official language of armenia and in the region of nagornokarabakh. Whats the most interesting fact about armenian culture concerning dances is that armenian had even special military dances. Most of the terms and phrases in these examples are based on the western armenian dialect, which is mostly spoken by diasporan armenians. If you are experiencing symptoms, call your primary care physician or urgent care facility first. Lingualinx is your solution to reaching and 95% of the worlds population with understanding and clarity. It tells the corrupt motives behind american, azeri, and turkish politicians very clearly and takes a more historical facts based approach rather than a political one.
Halfway through the 19th century, two important concentrations of armenian communities were further consolidated. Historically being spoken throughout the armenian highlands, today, armenian is widely spoken throughout the armenian diaspora. Very little is known about the use of the armenian language during pagan times, as the first armenian written manuscript dates back to the 5 th century ad. Although spoken in antiquity, it was not recorded in writing until the early 5th cent. What do you know about armenia or about armenian nation. Our training in over 140 languages, along with our cross cultural orientation seminars and executive coaching, have helped our clients succeed in the international arena. Here are a few interesting facts about the language to motivate you to get started. Korean is the official language of both south korea republic of korea and north korea. Armenian language facts translation company, document.
To celebrate the miracle on the mediterranean, here are 66 fascinating facts about the state of israel. Travel the world, and learn some common phrases along the way. This is great if youre having trouble learning a handful of wordsjust put them in the same study set and learn them separately from all the rest of the words. From wikipedia armenian is an indoeuropean language spoken in the caucasus mountains particularly in the armenian republic and also used by the armenian diaspora. This movie does a great job of not only explaining how the armenian genocide was perpetrated and why it happened but the effects of it on armenians today. Armenian belongs to the satem group, classified as an independent branch within the family of indoeuropean languages.
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Constantinople was the main center of armenianscripted turkish press. There are a couple of interesting facts about the diversity of new york in languages and nationalities. Mesrop, who used greek and iranian letters as a basis. Learn armenian on autopilot with superlearning 2020. At that time an alphabet of 36 letters was specially designed for armenian by st. Accordingly the emergence of the armenian language happened in. Interesting facts about the icelandic language origin and. The most common of these dialects are western and eastern armenian. Interesting facts about the icelandic language origin and history. Check out our post on the 10 most beautiful armenian churches that you must visit. The origins of the word navajo navajo is not what the navajo used to refer to themselves. Since 1981, the boston language institute has been serving the language needs of major international corporations, government agencies and leading professional firms. The language is also widely spoken by armenian communities all over the world. Armenia was the first country to have adopted christianity as its state religion.