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HYW ISO 639-3

Armenian, Western

արեւմտահայերէն‎ (arevmdahayerên) Autonym

A language of Armenia

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West Armenian
արեւմտահայերէն‎ (arevmdahayerên)
Total users in all countries: 1,569,580.
Aragatsotn province: Aparan and Talin; Gegharkunik province: Gavar (Muş dialect). Shirak province: Aghin, Akhuryan, Artik, Gyumri (Karin dialect).
5* (Developing).
Indo-European, Armenian
Karin, Homshetsi, Muş (Mush).
Fully developed.
OLAC resources in and about Armenian, Western
Armenian script [Armn].
Armenian, Western
149,000 in Argentina (2018). , based on nationality.
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
10,200 in Australia (2016 census).
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
5,620 in Bulgaria (2011 census).
Major cities.
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
47,000 in Brazil (2021 Joshua Project). , based on ethnicity.
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
33,500 in Canada (2016 census).
Ontario: Ottawa and Toronto; Quebec: Montreal; British Columbia: Vancouver.
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
1,410 in Cyprus (2013 UNSD).
Major cities.
7 (Shifting)
Non-indigenous. Urban population. Christian.
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Armenian, Western
26,800 in Germany (2020 census). , based on nationality.
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
6,000 in Egypt (Zohry 2005).
Major cities.
7 (Shifting)
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
12,100 in Spain (2020 census). , based on nationality.
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
70,000 in France (2015 J. Leclerc).
Major cities.
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
150,000 in Georgia (2016).
Samtskhe-Javakheti region: Akhalkalaki and Akhaltsikhe; Kvemo Kartli region: Tsalka. Abkhazia region (Hamshen dialect).
Karin (Erzurum), Artvin (Artwin), Hamshen.
5 (Dispersed)
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Armenian, Western
20,000 in Greece (2007).
Scattered, with largest communities in Attica and Thessaly and Central Greece.
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
1,300 in Honduras (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001).
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
440 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 3,290 (2011 census).
Budapest; Pest county.
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
4,300 in Israel (Leclerc 2018a).
Jerusalem.
7 (Shifting)
Non-indigenous. Christian.
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Armenian, Western
70,000 in Iraq (2020).
Al Basrah, Baghdad, Dahuk, Kirkuk, and Ninawa governorates.
7 (Shifting)
Non-indigenous. Christian.
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Armenian, Western
10,100 in Jordan (2019).
Widespread.
7 (Shifting)
Non-indigenous. Christian.
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Armenian, Western
7,800 in Kuwait (2020 Joshua Project).
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
16,000 in Kazakhstan (Leclerc 2017e).
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
336,000 in Lebanon (2020).
Beqaa province: Zahle district, Anjar town; Mont-Liban province: El Metn district, Beirut suburbs Bourj Hammoud and Mezher; other scattered communities; centuries-old established presence, Beirut and Tripoli cities.
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous. Christian.
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Armenian, Western
1,680 in Latvia (2018).
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
2,210 in Poland (2013 UNSD).
Major cities.
4 (Educational)
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
1,900 in Palestine (2019).
Jerusalem; Ramallah and Al-Bireh: Ramallah.
6b (Threatened)
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
8,500 in Qatar (2019).
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
740 in Romania (2011 census). Ethnic population: 1,360 (2011 census).
Scattered.
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
Rostov province: Myasnikovsky and Yegorlyk districts; Rostov-on-Don city, Proletarsky district.
Nor-Nakhichevan.
8a (Moribund)
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
1,460 in Sweden (2020 census). , based on nationality.
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
60,000 in Syria (2019).
Al Ladhiqiyah governorate: Kessab and Latakia; Idlib governorate: Jisr al-Shughur.
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous. Christian.
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Armenian, Western
8,900 in Tajikistan (2017).
Dushanbe province: Dushanbe; Sughd province: Chkalovsk and Khujand; Khatlon province: Qurghorteppa. Small communities in urban areas.
Unestablished
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
84,000 in Turkmenistan (Leclerc 2019b). , based on ethnicity.
Major cities.
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
67,300 in Turkey (2019). 1,000 monolinguals (1965 census). Ethnic population: 70,000 (1980).
All in Istanbul, except Hatay province: Samandağ district, Vakıflı Köyü village.
Hemshin (Hamschen, Hamshen, Hemşince, Homshetsi), Vakıflı. Vakıflı dialect is highly divergent and cannot be fully understood by other Western Armenians.
6b (Threatened)
Hemshin are Armenian Muslims, living near the Laz [lzz] language area. Christian, Muslim.
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Armenian, Western
50,400 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 99,900 (2001 census).
Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions; Krym, autonomous republic.
Crimea (Krim).
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
238,000 in United States (2015 census).
California, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, and New York; 38 other states.
7 (Shifting)
Non-indigenous.
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Armenian, Western
65,700 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Toshkent City; Samarqand region.
5 (Dispersed)
Non-indigenous.
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Location: Aragatsotn province: Aparan and Talin; Gegharkunik province: Gavar (Muş dialect). Shirak province: Aghin, Akhuryan, Artik, Gyumri (Karin dialect).