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Armenian

Հայերեն

At BFSU, Armenian is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.

WHERE IT IS SPOKEN

Armenia, Russia, Syria

NATIVE NAME
Հայերեն
WRITING SYSTEM
Armenian script
AT BFSU
One of 101 languages

LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD

See where Armenian connects communities.

LANGUAGE REACH

≈5.4M

Armenian is spoken across 7 countries and territories.

No. 73 of 101 languages · No. 21 by territory count

ACROSS CONTINENTS
  1. Central Asia

    02

    ArmeniaGeorgia

  2. Middle East & North Africa

    04

    SyriaLebanonIranTürkiye

  3. Other areas

    01

    Russia

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

From daily conversation in Armenia, Russia, and Syria to education, literature and media, Armenian carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.

Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.

AT BFSU

A language opens a wider view of the world.

BFSU places Armenian within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.

The language is commonly written in Armenian script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.

SOURCE TRAIL

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