Armenian
Indo-European language
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Summary
Armenian is a modern language[1]. Armenian draws 13,659 Wikipedia views per month (modern language category, ranking #7 of 43).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Armenia[3], United States[4], Georgia[5], Russia[6], France[7], Iran[8], Cyprus[9], Argentina[10], Lebanon[11], Syria[12], Greece[13], Uruguay[14], Australia[15], Germany[16]
- Instance of: natural language[17]
- Subclass of: Indo-European[18]
- Writing system: Armenian alphabet[19]
- Commons category: Armenian language[20]
- Wikimedia language code: hy[21]
- Said to be the same as: Eastern Armenian[22]
- Coordinate location: 41, 44[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Armenian language[24]
- Language regulatory body: Language Committee[25]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 6,700,000[26]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[30]
- Topic has template: Template:Armenian language[31]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/armenian[32]
- Native label: հայերեն[33]
Why It Matters
Armenian has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Armenian is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]