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The Armenian language has a long literary history, with a 5th-century Bible translation as its oldest surviving text. Another text translated into Armenian early on, and also in the 5th-century, was the Armenian Alexander Romance.
A polyglot, Acharian compiled several major dictionaries, including the monumental Armenian Etymological Dictionary, extensively studied Armenian dialects, compiled catalogs of Armenian manuscripts, and authored comprehensive studies on the history of Armenian language and alphabet. Acharian is considered the father of Armenian linguistics.
Classical Armenian (Armenian: գրաբար, romanized: grabar, Eastern Armenian pronunciation [ɡəɾɑˈpʰɑɾ], Western Armenian pronunciation [kʰəɾɑˈpʰɑɾ]; meaning "literary [language]"; also Old Armenian or Liturgical Armenian) is the oldest attested form of the Armenian language. It was first written down at the beginning of the ...
The origin of the Proto-Armenian language is subject to scholarly debate. The Armenian hypothesis would postulate the Armenian language as an in situ development of a 3rd millennium BC Proto-Indo-European language, [7] while the Kurgan hypothesis suggests it arrived in the Armenian Highlands either from the Balkans or through the Caucasus.
The definitive study of the history and origins of word roots in Armenian. Also includes explanations of each word root as it is used today. (Explanations are in Eastern Armenian, but root words span the entire Armenian language, including Western Armenian.) Armenian-English dictionary (about 70,000 entries).
The New Dictionary of Ancient Armenian Language (1836) gives the definition "written with an iron stylus". [71] Another version of the etymology suggests that the name originated from the iron oxide used in the ink. [67] More modern researchers tend to associate the term with an iron chisel used to carve the writing in stone inscriptions.
The origin of the Armenians is a topic concerned with the emergence of the Armenian people and the country called Armenia.The earliest universally accepted reference to the people and the country dates back to the 6th century BC Behistun Inscription, followed by several Greek fragments and books. [1]
The official language, according to law, of Armenia is an unspecified "Armenian". [3] In practice, however, Eastern Armenian is the de facto , day-to-day common language of Armenia. For example, commercial translations are generally completed in Eastern Armenian.