Language code: hy

Technical information about ISO 639 language code hy

The table below provides technical details for the Armenian language, designated by the hy code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

hy

Name

Official

Armenian

Native

Հայերեն

Family
Indo-European
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Eastern ArmenianWestern Armenian
Related languages
GreekPersian (Farsi)Kurdish
Key facts
The Armenian alphabet was created in 405 CE by Mesrop MashtotsArmenian nouns inflect for seven grammatical casesWritten Armenian literature begins with a 5th-century Bible translation known as the Golden AgeWestern Armenian is listed by UNESCO as a definitely endangered languageThe ligature letter “և” in the script represents the whole word “and”
Sample phrase

Բարև, ինչպես ես?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

Armenian belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is the official language of Armenia and is also used by Armenian communities in neighboring countries such as Cyprus, Iraq, and Turkey. It is written using the Armenian alphabet. It is estimated that there are more than 5.3 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Armenian speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

hy-AM Armenian (Armenia)

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