The ARMENIAN Language

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Published 2022-08-12
This video is all about Armenian, one of the most unique and fascinating languages of the Indo-European language family. I hope you find it interesting!

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All Comments (21)
  • @Langfocus
    Hi, everyone! I hope you like the video. If you're learning a new language (like Armenian!), try the world-famous Pimsleur method in its new-and-improved subscription format: ► imp.i271380.net/langfocus ► Free trial - Use my link to gain access (Disclosure: The above link is an affiliate link, so Langfocus gets a small referral fee - at no extra cost to you)
  • @armankamal332
    Much respect and deep love to our best neighbour Armenia, love you from Iran
  • @spitfire2885
    Im mexican American growing in Glendale CA in the 90s , in middle school I liked a girl she told me she wouldn't date me unless I learned Armenian 3 years later I spoked it fluently , we dated for a long time but we went our separate ways..now I'm trilingual, English, Spanish, and Armenian
  • @GuyHeadbanger
    As a German, listening to Armenian language gives me strong vibes of ancient people, living in mountains, that have been there for thousands of thousands of years. It makes me want to live of grid, like in an old village in the mountains or an old tower... An equal feeling I have towards to the Icelandic language.
  • @squatresident
    I was in Armenia 2 months ago and man this country is beyond words, breathtaking landscapes, the most hospitable people, very ancient culture... And yeah, that language... It doesn't sound nor look like anything else and in the meantime pretty difficult to grasp, very special. I encourage anyone who can afford it to visit this fantastic country and give Armenia the love it deserves. 🇦🇲❤
  • @dekenlst
    A great culture and an amazing people. Much love to Armenia from Greece 🇬🇷🇦🇲
  • @1234smileface
    Armenian sounds beautiful. Greetings from Ireland.
  • As a native of Greek, I was initially like "nahh what could Armenian have in similarity" Then as the video progressed, holy crap, this feels like Greek with different words
  • @mett_2004
    As an Iranian, I'm currently learning Armenian and I can find a lot of similarities between Armenian and Persian, that makes Armenian easier to learn for me. there are a lot of similar words and also the grammar somehow is similar, especially when it comes to verbs structure. but the pronunciation is a bit hard😅❤
  • As a native Western Armenian speaker, I often struggle to understand Eastern Armenian. I think this is a mutual feeling, but I still see it as the same language and more frequent exposure to the other dialect can help a lot. Also, it is worth to mention that Western Armenian speakers are more often than not billingual, with the other native language being dominant in the environment you grew up in (which is completely understandable). Also, since it is not an official language anywhere and is slowly dying out, new Western Armenian speakers tend to have a simpler understanding of grammar and vocabulary (often intertwined with the other dominant language) so that complicates the communication with native Eastern Armenian speakers as well.
  • Such ancient people, culture & nation.Much love to Hayastan from Nepal 🇳🇵❤️🇦🇲.
  • @razvardan
    As a subscriber since your early days, thank you for finally covering my native language! Cheers from Armenia! 🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲
  • @Biospark88
    FINALLY. I’m only a quarter Armenian but it excites me greatly to see some recognition on the channel. Not even Duolingo has an Armenian course. I’ve been wanting to gain a passing familiarity with this ancient branch of the Indo-European family tree and your videos make it more digestible than anyone else’s I’ve seen.
  • @neweshtar
    Love and respect to all Armenian's brothers and sisters Barev Hayastan from Iran 💞
  • @alancantu2557
    So happy to see LangFocus make a video on Armenian! It’s such a beautiful language and culture that doesn’t usually get a lot of attention. Love from Mexico! 🇲🇽❤️🇦🇲
  • @davit244
    As someone who’s born in Armenia and has researched the other Armenian dialects as well as the Western Armenian, I’m truly impressed for your thorough illustration and coverage!!
  • Great episode, from Polish/Slavic perspective we still use the ending 'em' for 1st person singular so 'I am' = Jestem 'Yestem' (Polish) = Yes yem / ես եմ (Armenian) House = Dom (Slavic) = Tun / Տուն (Armenian) An interesting cognate would be Armenian word for drink 'Khmel' / խմել reminds polish Chmiel 'Hmyel' - which is a hop plant from which the beer is made of. And finally also the word Stan is still used in Slavic - meaning state (geographic and physical) so in polish United States translates as Stany Zjednoczone - 'United Stans' All the best from Lehastan to Hayastan! 🇵🇱❤🇦🇲
  • i’m from azerbaijan, and i think that armenian is a beautiful language. the country is also beautiful. this was a delight to watch. isn’t caucasia beautiful?