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ISO 639-3 · hywhyw
Indo-European family
Western Armenian
արեւմտահայերէն
Western Armenian is a language of the Indo-European branch, spoken in Armenia, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. Wikidata counts about 1.4 m speakers (2018). Wikidata describes it as “one of the two languages of the Armenian language branch”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
hyw- Glottocode
west2348- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 40.60, 42.60
- Wikipedia
- 48 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Western Armenian · արեւմտահայերէն |
|---|---|
| Also called | Western Armenian language, Arewmtahayerên, Arevmdahayerēn, Arevmdahayeren |
| All speakers | 1,395,240 (2018) |
| Written in | Armenian alphabet |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Western Armenian
The branches above Western Armenian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Armenia
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