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	Western Armenian - Armeniapedia.org
		Western Armenian people, and the language, are basically those Armenians and the dialects they speak which originated in the Ottoman Empire (basically, anywhere outside of the former USSR and Iran).
		Western Armenian is still written in the original spelling system invented by Mesrop Mashtots.
		One thing the Western Armenian language has which Eastern Armenian does not, is a special way to say "very", depending on the word in question.
	www.armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Western_Armenian (144 words)

	Armenian
		Modern Eastern Armenian is spoken in present-day Armenia and in enclaves in Azerbaijan and Iran.
		Modern Western Armenian was spoken by Armenians in Anatolia, Turkey, prior to the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1916.
		Armenian is considered to be a Category II language in terms of difficulty for speakers of English.
	www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/february/armenian.html (930 words)

	armenian genocide lie \| facts about armenian genocide lie
		The Armenians who were deceived by such promises as to be given the lands they obtained during the War and that their independence to be recognized; established a number of revolutionary societies (2).
		Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanyan said the problem is political and Armenia does not need to discuss the ‘genocide’ argument with the Turkish side.
		Armenian genocide is the biggest lie of this century.
	www.armenian-genocide-lie.com (633 words)

	Armenian language
		Nowadays it is spoken by Armenians in Turkey and the Republic of Armenia, and in Armenian settlements elsewhere in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
		Armenian is known to have replaced the earlier languages of the historical Armenian region by at least the 7th century BC, and it may have been influenced by the languages it replaced.
		In western Armenian, some of the distinctions between the relative soft d and the middle t have disappeared, for instance, whereas in eastern Armenian the sounds are distinct.
	members.tripod.com /babaev/tree/armenian.html (452 words)

	Armenian language
		Nowadays it is spoken by the Armenian people in Turkey and the Republic of Armenia, and in Armenian settlements elsewhere in the Middle East, Europe and the United States.
		Armenian is known to have replaced the earlier languages of the historical Armenian region by at least the 7th century B.C., and it may have been influenced by the languages it replaced.
		In Western Armenian, some of the distinctions between the relatively soft d and the middle t have disappeared, for instance, whereas in Eastern Armenian the sounds are distinct.
	indoeuro.bizland.com /tree/balk/armenian.html (478 words)

	Armenian Alphabet by www.haias.net
		The Armenian alphabet was derived primarily from the Greek alphabet in the fifth century and consists of thirty eight (originally thirty six) letters.
		Armenian is the official language in Armenia and is used in schools and by the media.
		Armenians of the diaspora have gained renewed interest in their homeland as a result of the Armenian revolution and the establishment of the Republic of Armenia.
	www.haias.net /kultur/armenian-alphabet.html (1448 words)

	Armenian Studies at the University of Michigan -- Courses Offered
		Using Armenian historical consciousness in the late twentieth century as a case study to be explored in depth, this course will also examine in theoretical and comparative perspective the ways in which accounts of history can circumscribe or interact dynamically with conceptions of personal, ethnic, or national identity.
		Armenian writers reviewed and revised the principal elements of Armenian identity in such ways as to help the Armenians accomplish the crucial transition from being a cluster of communities to a national Land, in many ways prefiguring Armenian attitudes in the 20th century.
		It begins with the revival of Armenian culture and the national movement of the late 18th century, proceeds through the years of political formation and the rise of Armenian nationalism, to the 20th-Century genocide, the establishment of Soviet Armenia, to the current crisis over the future of the Soviet Union.
	www.umich.edu /~iinet/asp/courses.htm (1634 words)

	Armenian Literature, History, Religion, etc.
		In the Armenian Mythology section the Sasuntsi David (David of Sasoun) folk-epic with classical illustrations by Hakob Kojoyan is added.
		Presenting The history of the Cilician Armenian state and law by professor Alexey Suqiasyan in the Russian section and works by Brother Mehruzhan Babajanyan on Christianity and Armenian church, including some of his works for children in the Armenian section of the library.
		The (Western) Armenian translation of Soghomon Tehlirian's Trial (aka "The Trial of Talaat Pasha") is published thanks to the support of an anonymous sponsor.
	www.armenianhouse.org (1128 words)

	Center for World Languages: Vowel Production in the Speech of Western Armenian Heritage Speakers
		She was exposed to Western Armenian from infancy, and her parents have continued speaking it at home, with relatives and friends, and at church.
		CS was sent to Armenian schools in Pasadena, California where she learned to read and write in Western Armenian; she learned English along with Western Armenian both in classes and from friends.
		A conservative estimate for acquisition of the complete Western Armenian vowel system would be from ages 4 to 6 since the data in Irwin and Wong (1983) indicate that some of their subjects had not acquired all the vowels at age 4 while 98% of them had a complete system before age 6.
	www.isop.ucla.edu /languages/article.asp?parentid=14648 (7456 words)

	Armenian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Armenian: հայերեն լեզու, IPA [hajɛɹɛn lɛzu] — hayeren lezu, conventional short form hayeren) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people in the Republic of Armenia, in Georgia (especially in Samtskhe-Javakheti), Mountainous Karabakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and also used by the Armenian Diaspora.
		Armenian shares major isoglosses with Greek; some linguists propose that the linguistic ancestors of the Armenians and Greeks were either identical or in a close contact relation.
		Armenian can be subdivided in two major dialectal blocks and those blocks into individual dialects, though many of the Western Armenian dialects have died due to the effects of the Armenian Genocide.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Armenian_language (1218 words)

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		After graduating from the Noubarian Armenian Elementary School in October 1969, he was admitted into the Seminary of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia in Antelias, Lebanon.
		He was later assigned to the post of Dean of Forty Martyrs Armenian Apostolic Church of Orange County, where he contributed to the radiance of the church and community life.
		Representative Assembly of the Western Prelacy unanimously re-elected His Eminence to serve for a third consecutive four year term as the Prelate of the Western Prelacy.
	www.westernprelacy.org /pages/prelate.htm (1109 words)

	Translations in English, French, Russian and Armenian
		Historically Western Armenian was spoken in Western Armenia, which was occupied by the Ottoman Empire and is currently part of Turkey.
		Western Armenian is influenced by Turkish and Eastern Armenian has rather strong influence of Russian.
		The reason is that Western Armenians living in these communities have been there long, most of them were born there, and they speak the local language.
	www.pipoyan.com /trans/arm_spec.htm (1168 words)

	ANN/Groong -- DiasporaConf99: Culture Report
		The Eastern Armenian mind was shaped primarily in Russian and northern European universities and under the heavy impact of social, economic and political movements and turmoil in Russia.
		Armenian allegiance was to the might rather than the "spirit" of the Union and was fostered by historical experience and concerns for physical security.
		Armenians of the Dispersion, as carriers and agents of the civilizations of their host societies could partly meet this need and could certainly play a larger and far more active role in linking the cultural institutions of their host countries directly with their counterparts in Armenia.
	groong.usc.edu /ADconf/199909/reports/culture.html (5804 words)

	BigRedGarage.com - Learn to Speak Armenian with Pimsleur Armenian Language Courses
		Today Armenian is the mother tongue of more than 5 million people, of whom over 3 million live in Armenia; 1 million live elsewhere in the republics of the former Soviet Union; and the rest are in the Middle East, the Balkans, and the United States.
		Western Armenian (the more common form) is used by Armenians in Istanbul, Lebanon, Egypt, other parts of the Diaspora, and formerly in eastern Turkey.
		Eastern Armenian is the official language of the Republic of Armenia and in enclaves in Azerbaijan and Iran.
	www.bigredgarage.com /armenian.htm (298 words)

	www.armenian.ch \| Armenia \| Language
		Armenian has the unique characteristic, along with Hittite (an Indo-European language now extinct) of being a language that is equally related to both the Western branches of the Indo-European family and the Eastern branches, making Armenian the bridge between East and West in the family of Indo-European languages.
		Armenian is considered by many scholars as the intermediary between Greek and Persian, hence its originality derived from having a dual Western and Eastern legacy.
		Armenian characters are based on the Greek Alphabet, and the Pahlavi script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) of ancient Persia, given that Greek and Persian were the two prominent languages spoken in the region around Mashtots’ time.
	www.armenian.ch /armenia/Pages/E/language.html (946 words)

	Western Armenian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian, an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran.
		Western Armenian nouns have six cases: Nominative (subject), Accusative (direct object), Genitive (possession), Dative (indirect object), Ablative (origin) and Instrumental (means).
		Verbs in Armenian are based on two basic series of forms, a "present" form and a "imperfect" form.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Armenian (433 words)

	UCLA NELC Courses in Armenian
		Interdisciplinary investigation of rise and fall of unique form of Armenian polity established outside the homeland and examination of degree to which its social structure and cultural and aesthetic norms were impacted by those of the West (Byzantium, Western Europe) and East (Crusader states, Seljuqs, Mamluks, Mongols).
		Discussion of fundamental themes and genres around which Armenian literary tradition evolved and modalities by which this has been transformed in course of last two centuries as a result of exposure to European thought and expressive forms.
		Examination of role of literature in modern Armenian society in service to a cause or causes, as propaganda for various ideologies, as art for art s sake, etc. Exploration of contrasting aesthetics implicit in these differing interpretations.
	www.nelc.ucla.edu /Courses_Armenian.htm (846 words)

	Armenian Translation Service - English to Armenian Translation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eastern Armenian (4,341,000) is spoken in Armenia and its Turkish and Iranian borderlands; Western Armenian (879,612) is spoken elsewhere.
		Western Armenian is understood only by some in Iran.
		Western (Turkish) Armenian and Ararat (Russian) are easily intelligible.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/armenian_translation.shtml (554 words)

	Western Armenian language - Definition, explanation
		Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian, an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian Diaspora, mainly in North America and Europe, but also in limited pockets of western Turkey and northern Syria.
		Western Armenian nouns have six casess: Nominative (subject), Accusative (direct object), Genitive (possession), Dative (indirect object), Ablative (origin) and Instrumental (means).
		Verbs in Armenian are based on two basic series of forms, a "present" form and a "imperfect" form.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/w/we/western_armenian_language.php (528 words)

	OHCHR: Armenian () - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Armenian is the native (and official) language of Armenia, a landlocked country in Transcaucasia bordering on Turkey and Iran, and constitutes a separate and independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
		Modern Armenian, established as an independent language no earlier than 1875, has two main varieties: Eastern Armenian (Ashkharik, the official language), based on the dialect of the Ararat region, and Western Armenian (spoken by the Turkish minority) based on the Istanbul/Turkish dialect.
		Hence, the first texts in Armenian available in written form were mainly religious ones (first of all the Bible), translated by monks and priests.
	www.unhchr.ch /udhr/lang/arm.htm (224 words)

	Sensuous Movements In Dance
		Western Armenia is the native style of most of the original Armenian immigrants in America, who settled here after the destruction of Western Armenia.
		The Western style is far less flamboyant, with little of the leaps or bold gestures that characterize the eastern style.
		However, the Western Armenian style is far less dramatic than the Eastern Armenian, and consequently is rarely performed by stage groups, or seen in the public.
	www.armenianheritage.com /dasensuo.htm (445 words)

	The Language
		Armenian is most closely related to Greek, but has many borrowed words from such Indo-Iranian languages as Pushto and Persian.
		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.
	www.ecml.at /html/armenian/html/language.html (370 words)

	Eastern Armenian Vs Western Armenian - HyeForum
		Armenian was spoken from the westernmost points of the Ottoman Empire (Western Armenia) to the easternmost points of what is today's Armenia (Eastern Armenia).
		The dialect of Constantinople became today's Western Armenian; the dialect of Yerevan became today's Eastern Armenian.
		Western Armenian was the dialect developed under the Ottoman empire, and its phonetics and to some extent its grammar have been a little influenced by Turkish, just as the Persian dialect was likely influenced by Persian (though perhaps less detectable since both are indo-european languages unlike Turkish).
	hyeforum.com /index.php?showtopic=11325 (2332 words)

	Western Diocese of the Armenian Church
		Armenian youth participating in the Western Diocese Christian Youth Mission to Armenia celebrate their homeland
		President Bako Sahakyan paid a cordial visit to His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church at the Diocesan Headquarters, on Wednesday, November 20, 2007.
		On November 21, 2007, Honorable Vartan Oskanian, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia visited the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America, in Burbank, California.
	www.armenianchurchwd.com (145 words)

	The Armenian Weekly Newspaper
		I speak Western Armenian but the homeland or yerkir was merely a dreamland, a place from which I came but where I could not go.
		When half of Armenia’s population are descendents of Western Armenians who managed to escape the pogroms, genocide takes on a whole new collective present day meaning.
		The founding of the first Armenian republic in 1918, the victory of Shushi which shifted the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh in our favor, and the reestablishment of an independent republic is a result of that struggle.
	www.hairenik.com /armenianweekly/gin042107_016.htm (1638 words)

	Overview of the Armenian Language to Help You Learn Armenian
		Armenian is the official language of Armenia, and is also spoken in parts of Iran, Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and other countries.
		The Armenian alphabet was developed early in the fifth century AD by Mesrop Mashtots, a cleric at the Armenian royal court.
		Armenian nouns are declined to show case, meaning that they change form to indicate their role in a sentence.
	www.transparent.com /languagepages/Armenian/overview.htm (463 words)

	The Armenian Genocide
		Inasmuch as the Armenian nation itself has endured all those unspeakable sufferings, consequently, the nation itself is the object of that massive political crime.
		Therefore, the Western Armenians were compelled to express their grief and affliction in the Turkish language as well.
		Though the latter were created by Armenians and not with a perfect knowledge of the Turkish language (Armenian words and expressions, Armenian names of people and localities are often mentioned, grammatical and phonetic errors are noted), they have, with their ideological content, an important historico-cognitive value.
	ermeni.org /english/typologicalpeculiarities.htm (3265 words)

	UCLA \| Armenian Studies \| Resources
		Until the sixth century, Armenians are present in Constantinople as a small and negligible minority, symbolized by Narses the cubicularios and famous general of Justinian I. From the seventh century on, they start to represent a significant military force and form a political network.
		The activities of Latinizing missions and Armenian Catholics constituted a grave threat to the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate, to the dogma of the Church of Armenia, and to Armenian identity.
		Armenian architects worked in the Ottoman capital, Constantinople, many of whom often held the title of "Royal Architect." Among these were the nine members of the Balian family of architects.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /history/centers/armenian/source111.html (10352 words)

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