ISO 639 Code: hye

ISO 639-1:hy
ISO 639-2/B:  arm
ISO 639-2/T: hye
English: Armenian
French: arménien

The code hye is classified in ISO 639 as an individual language code.

This code corresponds to the following language in the Ethnologue:

ARMENIAN

[ARM] Armenia. 3,197,000 in Armenia (1993 Johnstone). 91% of the ethnic group in the former USSR spoke it as mother tongue (1979 census). Population total all countries 6,000,000 (1999 WA). Alternate names: HAIEREN, SOMKHURI, ENA, ERMENICE, ERMENI DILI, ARMJANSKI YAZYK. Dialects: EASTERN ARMENIAN, EREVAN (ERIWAN), TBILISI (TIFLIS), KARABAGH, SHAMAKHI (SCHAMACHI), ASTRAKHAN (ASTRACHAN), DZHULFA (DSCHUGHA, DSCHULFA), AGULIS, KHVOY-SALMST (CHOI-SALMST), URMIA-MARAGHEH (URMIA-MARAGHA), ARTVIN (ARTWIN), KARIN (ERZURUM, ERZERUM), MUS (MUSCH), VAN (WAN), TIGRANAKERT (DIYARBAKIR, DIARBEKIR), KHARBERD (CHARBERD, ERZINCAN, ERZENKA), SHABIN-KARAHISSAR (SCHABIN-KARAHISSAR), TRABZON (TRAPEZUNT), HAMSHEN (HAMSCHEN), MALATYA (MALATIA), KILIKIEN, SYRIA (SYRIEN), ARABKIR, AKN, SEBASTE, EWDOKIA (TOKAT), SMYRNA (IZMIR), NORTH KOMEDIA, CONSTANTINOPLE (KONSTANTINOPEL, ISTANBUL), RODOSTO, CRIMEA (KRIM), ASHKHARIK. Classification: Indo-European, Armenian. More information.

The following 4 languages have a name, alternate name, or dialect name (in at least one country) that is similar to the name for this ISO code, but they are not encompassed by the code. Click on "More information" to learn the appropriate ISO 639 code for the given language.

ARMENIAN SIGN LANGUAGE

[AEN] Armenia.    Classification: Deaf sign language.  More information.

ARMENIAN SIGN LANGUAGE

[AEN] Armenia.    Classification: Deaf sign language.  More information.

LOMAVREN

[RMI] Armenia.    Alternate names: ARMENIAN BOSHA, ARMENIAN BOSA, BOSHA, BOSA.  Classification: Indo-European, Armenian.  More information.

LOMAVREN

[RMI] Armenia.    Alternate names: ARMENIAN BOSHA, ARMENIAN BOSA, BOSHA, BOSA.  Classification: Indo-European, Armenian.  More information.


 
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