Armenian language

Armenian
Հայերեն Hayeren
Native to	Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Russia, United States, Georgia, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Turkey
Native speakers	7,000,000  (2001)
Language family	Indo-European Armenian
Early forms:	Proto-Armenian Old Armenian Middle Armenian Armenian
Dialects	Western Armenian Eastern Armenian
Writing system	Armenian alphabet
Official status
Official language in	Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh (not recognized internationally) Minority language: Cyprus Poland Romania
Regulated by	National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Language codes
ISO 639-1	hy
ISO 639-2	arm (B) hye (T)
ISO 639-3	Variously: hye – Modern Armenian xcl – Classical Armenian axm – Middle Armenian
Linguasphere	57-AAA-a (31 varieties)

The Armenian language (հայերեն լեզու, Armenian way of saying it: [hɑjɛˈɾɛn lɛˈzu] — hayeren lezow, conventional short form hayeren) is an Indo-European language. It is spoken by Armenians. It is the official language of Armenia and in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities all over the world. It has its own alphabet, the Armenian alphabet. There are two standard forms of Armenian: Eastern Armenian and Western Armenian.