HYW ISO 639-3
Armenian, Western
արեւմտահայերէն (arevmdahayerên) Autonym
A language of Armenia
- ISO 639
- hyw
- Alternate Names
- West Armenian
- Autonym
- արեւմտահայերէն (arevmdahayerên)
- Population
- Total users in all countries: 1,569,580.
- Location:
- Aragatsotn province: Aparan and Talin; Gegharkunik province: Gavar (Muş dialect). Shirak province: Aghin, Akhuryan, Artik, Gyumri (Karin dialect).
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Armenian
- Dialects
- Karin, Homshetsi, Muş (Mush).
- Language Development
- Fully developed.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Armenian, Western
- Writing
- Armenian script [Armn].
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Argentina
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
149,000 in Argentina (2018). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Australia
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
10,200 in Australia (2016 census).
- Location
- Major cities.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Bulgaria
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
5,620 in Bulgaria (2011 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Brazil
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
47,000 in Brazil (2021 Joshua Project). , based on ethnicity.
- Location
- Ontario: Ottawa and Toronto; Quebec: Montreal; British Columbia: Vancouver.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Canada
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
33,500 in Canada (2016 census).
- Location
- Major cities.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Urban population. Christian. View other languages of Cyprus
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
1,410 in Cyprus (2013 UNSD).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Germany
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
26,800 in Germany (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Major cities.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Egypt
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
6,000 in Egypt (Zohry 2005).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Spain
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
12,100 in Spain (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Major cities.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of France
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
70,000 in France (2015 J. Leclerc).
- Location
- Samtskhe-Javakheti region: Akhalkalaki and Akhaltsikhe; Kvemo Kartli region: Tsalka. Abkhazia region (Hamshen dialect).
- Dialects
- Karin (Erzurum), Artvin (Artwin), Hamshen.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed) View other languages of Georgia
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
150,000 in Georgia (2016).
- Location
- Scattered, with largest communities in Attica and Thessaly and Central Greece.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Greece
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
20,000 in Greece (2007).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Honduras
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
1,300 in Honduras (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001).
- Location
- Budapest; Pest county.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Hungary
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
440 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 3,290 (2011 census).
- Location
- Jerusalem.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Israel
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
4,300 in Israel (Leclerc 2018a).
- Location
- Al Basrah, Baghdad, Dahuk, Kirkuk, and Ninawa governorates.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Iraq
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
70,000 in Iraq (2020).
- Location
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Jordan
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
10,100 in Jordan (2019).
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Kuwait
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
7,800 in Kuwait (2020 Joshua Project).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Kazakhstan
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
16,000 in Kazakhstan (Leclerc 2017e).
- Location
- 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.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Lebanon
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
336,000 in Lebanon (2020).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Latvia
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
1,680 in Latvia (2018).
- Location
- Major cities.
- Language Status
- 4 (Educational)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Poland
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
2,210 in Poland (2013 UNSD).
- Location
- Jerusalem; Ramallah and Al-Bireh: Ramallah.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Palestine
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
1,900 in Palestine (2019).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Qatar
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
8,500 in Qatar (2019).
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Romania
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
740 in Romania (2011 census). Ethnic population: 1,360 (2011 census).
- Location
- Rostov province: Myasnikovsky and Yegorlyk districts; Rostov-on-Don city, Proletarsky district.
- Dialects
- Nor-Nakhichevan.
- Language Status
- 8a (Moribund)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Russian Federation
Language Name
Armenian, Western
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Sweden
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
1,460 in Sweden (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Al Ladhiqiyah governorate: Kessab and Latakia; Idlib governorate: Jisr al-Shughur.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Syria
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
60,000 in Syria (2019).
- Location
- Dushanbe province: Dushanbe; Sughd province: Chkalovsk and Khujand; Khatlon province: Qurghorteppa. Small communities in urban areas.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Tajikistan
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
8,900 in Tajikistan (2017).
- Location
- Major cities.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Turkmenistan
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
84,000 in Turkmenistan (Leclerc 2019b). , based on ethnicity.
- Location
- All in Istanbul, except Hatay province: Samandağ district, Vakıflı Köyü village.
- Dialects
- Hemshin (Hamschen, Hamshen, Hemşince, Homshetsi), Vakıflı. Vakıflı dialect is highly divergent and cannot be fully understood by other Western Armenians.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Hemshin are Armenian Muslims, living near the Laz [lzz] language area. Christian, Muslim. View other languages of Turkey
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
67,300 in Turkey (2019). 1,000 monolinguals (1965 census). Ethnic population: 70,000 (1980).
- Location
- Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions; Krym, autonomous republic.
- Dialects
- Crimea (Krim).
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Ukraine
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
50,400 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 99,900 (2001 census).
- Location
- California, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, and New York; 38 other states.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
238,000 in United States (2015 census).
- Location
- Toshkent City; Samarqand region.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Uzbekistan
Language Name
Armenian, Western
User Population
65,700 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Map
Location: Aragatsotn province: Aparan and Talin; Gegharkunik province: Gavar (Muş dialect). Shirak province: Aghin, Akhuryan, Artik, Gyumri (Karin dialect).
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