Armenian is an independent branch of the Indo-European family in its own right, not a subgroup of any other surviving branch, spoken by about 5.3 million people chiefly in Armenia, where it is the official language, and across a large worldwide diaspora. It has been written in the Armenian alphabet, a 36-letter script devised by Mesrop Mashtots, since 405 AD, and shows phonological, morphological and lexical features shared with Greek that scholars attribute to either common heritage or prolonged contact.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2013-2021 range of cited estimates. Attested From (Year)Year the Armenian alphabet was created by Mesrop Mashtots; the oldest surviving Armenian text is a 5th-century Bible translation. RegionArmenia (official); Georgia, Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenian diaspora communities worldwide 2 Classification
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Armenians (Armenian: հայեր, romanized: hayer, [hɑˈjɛɾ]) are an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands of West Asia.
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1. Glottolog: Eastern Armenian
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Armenian (hye-hye) = 1 (National).
2. Wikipedia: Armenian Language
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Armenian (endonym: հայերեն, hayeren, pronounced [hɑjɛˈɾɛn] ) is the sole member of an independent branch in the Indo-European language family.
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hayeren
Alphabet origin, 405 CE
the Armenian alphabet was created by Mesrop Mashtots in 405
Written In: Armenian Alphabet, Writing system section
The Armenian alphabet was created by Mesrop Mashtots in 405, at which time it had 36 letters.
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