Armenian Language - Classification and Origins

Classification and Origins

Main article: Proto-Armenian language See also: Armenian hypothesis
History of the Armenian language
see also: Armenian alphabet
Armenian hypothesis
Proto-Armenian
Old Armenian (from 405)
Middle Armenian (c. 1100 – 1700)
Modern Armenian (c. 1700 – present)
Indo-European topics
Indo-European languages (list)
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Extinct
  • Anatolian
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Proto-Indo-European language
  • Vocabulary
  • Phonology
  • Sound laws
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  • Verbs
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Indo-European archaeology
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  • Andronovo culture
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  • Cernavodă culture
  • Chasséen culture
  • Chernoles culture
  • Colchian
  • Corded Ware culture
  • Cucuteni-Trypillian culture
  • Dnieper-Donets culture
  • Funnelbeaker culture
  • Gumelniţa-Karanovo culture
  • Gushi culture
  • Hallstatt culture
  • Karasuk culture
  • Kemi Oba culture
  • Khvalynsk culture
  • Kura-Araxes culture
  • Lusatian culture
  • Kurgan
  • Koban
  • Leyla-Tepe culture
  • Jar-Burial
  • Jastorf culture
  • Khojaly-Gadabay
  • Maykop culture
  • Middle Dnieper culture
  • Narva culture
  • Nordic Bronze Age
  • Novotitorovka culture
  • Poltavka culture
  • Potapovka culture
  • Samara culture
  • Seroglazovo culture
  • Shulaveri-Shomu
  • Sredny Stog culture
  • Srubna culture
  • Terramare culture
  • Trialeti
  • Tumulus culture
  • Unetice culture
  • Urnfield culture
  • Usatovo culture
  • Vučedol culture
  • Yamna culture
Indo-European studies

While the Armenians were known to history much earlier (for example, they were mentioned in the 6th century BC Behistun Inscription and Xenophon's 4th century BC history, The Anabasis), the oldest surviving Armenian language text is the 5th century AD Bible translation of Mesrob Mashtots.

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