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The ArmenianLanguage is an ArmenianGroupLanguage of Armenia. SIL code: ARM. ISO 639-1: hy. ISO 639-2(B): arm. ISO 639-2(T): hye. Population: 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). Region: Throughout the country. Also spoken in 29 other countries including Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon. 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. Comments: All dialects in all countries usually reported to be inherently intelligible. Russian (about 30% of Armenians in Armenia). Eastern Armenian (Ashkharik) spoken in Armenia, Turkey, Iran. National language. SVO. Unique alphabet. National Armenian Christian Church. Bible 1883-1994. Also spoken in: Azerbaijan. (Language name: ARMENIAN.) Alternate names: HAIEREN, SOMKHURI, ERMENICE, ARMJANSKI. Dialects: WESTERN ARMENIAN. Comments: Christian, Monophysite. Bible 1853-1978. Also spoken in: Cyprus. (Language name: ARMENIAN.) Population: 2,740 in Cyprus (1987). Alternate names: HAIEREN, SOMKHURI, ERMENICE, ARMJANSKI. Dialects: WESTERN ARMENIAN. Comments: Most speak Greek. The older ones speak Turkish. Urban population. Christian. Bible 1853-1978. Also spoken in: Iran. (Language name: ARMENIAN.) Population: 170,800 in Iran (1993). Alternate names: HAIEREN, SOMEKHURI, ERMENICE, ARMJANSKI. Dialects: EASTERN ARMENIAN, AGULIS, ASTRAKHAN, EREVAN, JOLFA (DZHULFA), KARABAGH SHAMAKHI, TBILISI (TIFLIS), ARTVIN, KHOI-SALMST (KHVOY), URMIA-MARAGHEH. Comments: Dialects listed are Eastern. Eastern Armenian is spoken in Armenia and its Turkish and Iranian borderlands, Western Armenian is spoken elsewhere. Western Armenian is understood only by some in Iran. Christian. Bible 1883-1994. Also spoken in: Iraq. (Language name: ARMENIAN.) Population: 60,000 in Iraq. Dialects: WESTERN ARMENIAN. Comments: Christian. Bible 1853-1978. Also spoken in: Israel. (Language name: ARMENIAN.) Population: 3,000 in Israel (1971 The Armenian Review). Alternate names: HAIEREN, SOMKHURI, ERMENICE, ARMJANSKI. Dialects: WESTERN ARMENIAN. Comments: Bilingualism in South Levantine Arabic. Eastern Armenian is spoken in Armenia, Turkey, and Iran, Western in other countries, including Israel. SVO. Christian. Bible 1853-1978. Also spoken in: Jordan. (Language name: ARMENIAN.) Population: 8,000 in Jordan (1971 The Armenian Review). Dialects: WESTERN ARMENIAN. Comments: Christian. Bible 1853-1978. Also spoken in: Lebanon. (Language name: ARMENIAN.) Population: 234,600 in Lebanon, 6% of the population (1986). Alternate names: ERMENICE, ARMANSKI, HAIEREN, SOMKHURI. Dialects: WESTERN ARMENIAN. Comments: Eastern dialect (4,341,000) spoken in Armenia and in its Turkish and Iranian borderlands. Western dialect (879,612) spoken elsewhere. Language of wider communication. Christian. Bible 1853-1978. Also spoken in: Syria. (Language name: ARMENIAN.) Population: 320,000 in Syria (1993), 2.8% of the population (1986). Alternate names: HAIEREN, SOMKHURI, ERMENICE, ARMJANSKI. Dialects: WESTERN ARMENIAN. Comments: Eastern dialect spoken in Armenia and its Turkish and Iranian borderlands. Western dialect spoken elsewhere. In Syria, people in Kessaberen (northeastern mountain village of Kessab) and the village of Musa Dagh (now relocated to Lebanon) speak related varieties which other Western Armenian speakers do not understand. Most speakers of Kessaberen have now learned Western Armenian. Language of wider communication. Christian. Bible 1853-1978. Also spoken in: Turkey (Europe). (Language name: ARMENIAN.) Population: 40,000 first language speakers out of 70,000 ethnic group in Turkey (1980 estimate), 1,022 monolingual speakers (1965 census). Alternate names: HAIEREN, SOMKHURI, ERMENICE, ARMJANSKI. Dialects: EASTERN ARMENIAN. Comments: Eastern dialect spoken in Armenia and its Iranian and Turkish borderlands. Western dialect spoken elsewhere. Western (Turkish) Armenian and Ararat (Russian) are easily intelligible. 96% bilingual in Turkish. Christian. Bible 1883-1994.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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