Learn Armenian: where to start
Armenian is learnable from zero with a few minutes of practice a day. Here is a short route from the first letters to your first conversations — with a native speaker’s voice at every step.
Where to start
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Learn the alphabet
39 letters and their sounds. Reading Armenian script beats any transliteration, and it takes a couple of weeks.
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Say hello
Hello, thank you, please and sorry — words you will use on day one.
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Numbers and family
Numbers for shops and taxis, family words for every conversation.
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Phrases for a trip
Ready phrases for cafés, hotels, directions and shopping.
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Practise every day
The LearnArmenia app gives you a daily plan, spaced review and exercises with audio. Free to start.
Words and phrases by topic
- AlphabetAll letters: 39
- Armenian phrasebook for travelersReady-made Armenian phrases for a trip: introductions, cafés and restaurants, the hotel, the airport, directions, shopping, the doctor and emergencies — with native-speaker audio and transliteration.218 words and phrases
- Armenian greetings and polite wordsHow to say hello, thank you, please, sorry and goodbye in Armenian: words and ready phrases with native-speaker audio and transliteration.54 words and phrases
- Family members in ArmenianHow to say mother, father, brother, sister, grandma and grandpa in Armenian — with native-speaker audio, transliteration and which word for “uncle” to use.28 words and phrases
- Armenian numbersHow to count in Armenian: one to ten, the tens, a hundred and a thousand — with native-speaker audio, transliteration and how 11–19 are built.28 words and phrases
- Colors in ArmenianArmenian color words with native-speaker audio and transliteration, and how names like նարնջագույն and շագանակագույն are built.13 words and phrases
About the language
- Armenian is a branch of its own in the Indo-European family, with no close relatives.
- There are two standards: Eastern (Armenia) and Western (the diaspora). LearnArmenia teaches Eastern Armenian.
- Nouns have no gender, and verbs follow regular, learnable patterns.
Armenian dictionary
Thousands of words with translations, transcription, Eastern and Western pronunciation and word forms.
Open the dictionaryPractise with a daily plan
Exercises with native-speaker audio, spaced review and progress tracking. Free to start.
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