The Western Armenian Language Thread

[Lucin]

Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

For those interested in learning Armenian (or trying to improve it) here is a site containing various links (online dictionaries, grammar books, articles, etc.). I'm not sure if it has been posted here, but some are interesting and worth reading. The French version of this same site contains more materials on Armenian language.

http://www.lexilogos.com/english/arm...dictionary.htm

[yerazhishda]

Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

Question: What is the function of the Ի when it is alone?

Օրինակի համար՛ Ասպարէզ օրաթերթին մէջ յոդուած մը տեսա, որու «Ալիս Պետրոսեան Ի Պատիւ» անունն եղաւ: Այս «Ի» ի՞նչ նպատակ կը ծառայէ:

[Federate]

Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

«Ի» կը նշանակէ «իրեն»։ Ուրեմն այս պարագային, «Ալիս Պետրոսեանի պատիւին»։

[yerazhishda]

Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

Some disheartening news, but anyone who has a rational mind already knew the reality of it...

(As a side note, the interactive map also shows Western Armenian to be endangered in Lebanon and the Middle East! This part was the biggest surprise as Western Armenian is regarded as being "definitely endangered" in the Middle East.)

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Western Armenian Endangered Language in Turkey
Published: Tuesday February 24, 2009
source: Asbarez

Western Armenian as a language is in danger of disappearing in the Republic of Turkey, a recent report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has warned.

An interactive map of endangered languages, showing 2,500 out of 6,000 tongues at risk, released by UNESCO, has placed the dialect, as well as the Homshetsma Armenian dialect among a list of 18 tongues in the Republic of Turkey at risk of extinction.

Western Armenian is currently spoken by some 60,000 Armenians in Turkey, where anything but the official state language is faced with extreme discrimination. The dialect was spoken by the Ottoman Empire's indigenous Armenians who were almost entirely eliminated during the 1915 Genocide.

Homshetsma, the language of an estimated 2 million Islamized Armenians, is considered a distinct dialect of Western Armenian. The dialect has classical and medieval Armenian at its roots but also has heavy Turkish and Arabic influence. Many of the Homshetsma speakers survived the Armenian Genocide unlike those who spoke Western Armenian.

Homshetsma is also listed as at risk in the Republic of Georgia, as the region in Turkey where most Hamshetsi Armenians live borders Georgia.

[yerazhishda]

Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

Downloadable Audio Content

Listening to audio material (whether it be from the internet or in real life with actual people) is one of the most important aspects of acquiring a language. I have found only two sites so far which offer downloadable content in Armenian, both of them religious. If you have any other suggestions for downloadable content (preferable ones that are updated regularly), please enlighten us.

http://www.armenianchurchlibrary.com/mp3sermons.html

https://arevakal.com/podcast.html

[Pazooki]

Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

If anyone is looking to learn Eastern Armenian, here is a link which you might find useful:

http://www.learnarmenian.com/theway2school/main.php

[yerazhishda]

Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

If anyone is looking to learn Eastern Armenian, here is a link which you might find useful:

http://www.learnarmenian.com/theway2school/main.php

This is a Western Armenian thread. Start an Eastern Armenian thread if you wish, thank you Sero.

[Pazooki]

Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

This is a Western Armenian thread. Start an Eastern Armenian thread if you wish, thank you Sero.

Quiet Khojajuju!!!

[yerazhishda]

Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

Ինչպէ՞ս աւելի մաքուր Հայերէն սորվիլ կրնամ:

[TomServo]

Re: The Western Armenian Language Thread

Going to bump this...

My problem is knowing when to use all those letters that sound the same (in Western Armenian). For example, the proper spelling of the Armenian word "mud" is ցեխ but ց and ձ sound similar and I forget which to use. Is there a rule for this, Federate?

I imagine this comes a bit easier to speakers of Eastern Armenian...