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Each lesson of Pimsleur's Armenian Compact course is structured to help you quickly learn Armenian.You will be prompted to listen, learn, repeat, and then actually speak and use Armenian.No more rote-memorization.No mind-numbing exercises.Just simple, pure language learning.
Learn language the easy way with Pimsleur's scientifically-developed language technique.The Pimsleur method is both unique and effective.Look back to when you learned your first language, your native language.No reading. No writing.Just listening and repeating - learning the natural way.You'll be amazed that after just one 30-minute lesson, you'll already be speaking Eastern Armenian.
Beginner Essentials language learning for all of your senses! This bundle combines the amazingly-effective Pimsleur Compact, all-audio course with the best-selling EuroTalk Talk Now! CD-ROM course. Buy both courses together - learn more, spend less!
Beginner Essentials language learning for all of your senses! This bundle combines the amazingly-effective Pimsleur Compact, all-audio course with the best-selling EuroTalk Talk Now! CD-ROM course. Buy both courses together - learn more, spend less!
Armenian Language and Culture
Today, five to six million people speak Armenian (Grimes 1992), although the total population of the Republic of Armenia is only 3.5 million (ninety three percent of whom are ethnic Armenian). Thus, nearly half of Armenian speakers today live outside their historic homeland, primarily in Iran (370,000), Syria (299,000), Lebanon (235,000), Egypt (100,000), and the United States (175,000). Smaller communities, under 40,000, are found in Canada, Cyprus, Greece, India, Israel, and Jordan. Somewhat larger communities, between 40,000 and 70,000 speakers, live in Turkey, France, and Iraq. Enclaves of speakers also reside in Georgia and Azerbaijan, especially the Nagorno Karabakh region (CIA 1992). Haieren and Ashkhari are Armenian terms for the language, although the latter is somewhat erudite.
The term Armenian can be used to refer to at least three different languages, each with its own dialects. It can refer to Classical Armenian (the older form of the language); Modern Western Armenian (developed in those regions of Armenia that are now Turkey and the variety spoken in the diaspora); and Modern Eastern Armenian (the language of the Republic of Armenia).
LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION Armenian forms an independent branch of the Indo-European language family (Comrie, 1981). Armenian is most closely related to Greek, but has many borrowed words from such Indo-Iranian languages as Pushto and Persian. In fact, during the very early periods of its classification, Armenian was erroneously considered an Iranian language because of its large number of Iranian loan words.
LANGUAGE VARIATION Two standard dialects exist. Eastern Armenian is used in Armenia and in enclaves in Azerbaijan and Iran. Western Armenian is used by Armenians in Istanbul, Lebanon, Egypt, other parts of the diaspora, and formerly in eastern Turkey. Eastern Armenian has been influenced by two sets of Russian reforms and differs orthographically from Western Armenian; there are also phonological differences. Many regional dialect variations exist, e.g., Yerevan, Tbilisi, Karabagh, Istanbul (Djahukian 1986). Some local dialects are so different from both standard forms of the language that speakers of the standard forms have difficulty in understanding local dialects (Greppin and Khachaturian 1986). Otherwise, dialect differences are no greater than dialect differences within American English
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Especially for Missionaries
Congratulations on your mission call!We hope you have the best mission experience possible.Learning a new language can sometimes be difficult, but if you really work hard and practice, you'll do fine.Below are some of our suggestions for what courses are good for those preparing to go on a mission.
Here are some of our recommendations as you prepare to leave on your mission.
10-to-20-Day Course
The Pimsleur Compact Course is a great course if you don't have much time.It takes about 10-20 days to complete and would give you just what you need to get started with learning the language.
20-to-30-Day Course
The Beginner Essentials Bundle is great for the missionary who wants a good head-start to language learning.It will take about 20-30 days to complete this course and will help you to be able to carry on a simple conversation.You will be amazed at how much you know when you enter the MTC!
Questions?Get personalized advice by clicking on the Online Chat button on the top right corner of the page, by calling us at 1-866-532-7609 or by emailing us at missionary@thegiftoflanguage.com or visit the Especially for Missionaries page.
Which Armenian dialect is for me?
One of the greatest differences in the two dialects is the way certain letters are pronounced. Eastern Armenian speakers have kept the original pronunciations of the letters, pronouncing each of the 38 letters quite distinctively. On the other hand, Western Armenian speakers pronounce a few of the letters in the same way. This has to do with Western Armenians living in regions where other languages, which lacked these rich variations, were also widely spoken and therefore have been influenced by the pronunciations of these other languages (usually either Arabic or Turkish.)
Western Armenian
Turkey
Istanbul
Europe
Bulgaria
France
Poland
Romania
Greece
Russia
Middle East
Lebanon
Syria
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Africa
Egypt
North America
Canada
United States
South America
Argentina
Australia
Eastern Armenian
Former Soviet republics
Armenia
Belarus
Georgia
Russia
Turkmenistan
Unrecognized republics
Nagorno-Karabakh
Middle East
Iran
North America
Canada
United States
Great for Travelers
The Gift of Language can be of great assistance to help you prepare for your business or leisure travel.Depending on how much time you have before your trip, we have some great suggestions for you.
Here are some of our recommendations as you prepare to leave on your trip.
10-to-20-Day Course
The Pimsleur Compact Course is a
great course if you don't have much time.It takes about 10-20 days to complete and would give basic skills to be able to converse and get around on your trip.
20-to-30-Day Course
The Beginner Essentials Bundle is great for the traveler who has a little more time before traveling.It will take about 20-30 days to complete this course and will help you to be able to carry on simple conversations and greatly increase your ability to get around while traveling
Questions?Get personalized advice by clicking on the Online Chat button on the top right corner of the page, by calling us at 1-866-532-7609 or by emailing us at support@thegiftoflanguage.com.
