armTechnical information about ISO 639 language code arm
The table below provides technical details for the Armenian language, designated by the arm code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Armenian Native Հայերեն |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Eastern ArmenianWestern Armenian |
| Related languages | None (Armenian forms its own independent branch of Indo-European) |
| Key facts | Armenian script with 39 letters was created by Mesrop Mashtots in 405 CEthe earliest long text is a 5th-century Bible translation that helped fix literary normsClassical Armenian (Grabar) is still used in liturgy and scholarly worksthe language marks evidentiality through verb endings and particlesEastern and Western standards differ in phonology and spelling yet remain largely mutually intelligible. |
| Sample phrase | Բարև, ինչպես եք? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Armenian language, identified by the code arm, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
The ISO 639-2 standard offers two codes for the Armenian language: arm for bibliographic purposes and hye for terminology uses.
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