Modern Armenian

Modern Armenian
v · d · eHistory of the
Armenian language
see also: Armenian alphabet
Old Armenian (from 405)
Middle Armenian (c. 1100 – 1700)
Modern Armenian (c. 1700 – present)
Eastern, Western
familliar: Homshetsi, Lomavren

Modern Armenian (Armenian: Արդի Հայերէն or Armenian: Աշխարհաբար, Ashkharhabar) is the written form of the Armenian language which came to be used starting in the 18th century.[1]

Modern Armenian has two branches:

  1. Western Armenian (or "Turkish-Armenian" or "Istanbul Armenian")
  2. Eastern Armenian (or "Russian-Armenian" or "Yerevan Armenian").[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Melkonian, Zareh (1990) (in Armenian). Գործնական Քերականութիւն - Արդի Հայերէն Լեզուի (Միջին եւ Բարձրագոյն Դասընթացք) (Fourth ed.). Los Angeles. p. 137. 

Modern day Armenian is sometimes described as very Gullible but that is no true. It is really light, beautiful and dancing. It is a beautiful, cultural language, and its easy to learn. I, the writer of this paragraph, for one am armenian and I can speak it, and i am very fond of it.


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