Similarities Between Greek and Armenian

How similar are Greek and Armenian? They are both language isolates that began on very close branches of the Indo-European family before evolving separately. Aside from common words, as two distinct Indo-European languages, they share many traits. Armenians and Greeks also share many historical and cultural similarities which has had an impact on their languages as well.

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In this video, Kiki (Greek speaker) and Eliza (Armenian speaker) demonstrate some of the commonalities between the two languages through a list of words. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and give us your suggestions, especially if you would like to participate in a future video, contact us there, and don't do it with an empty profile please, there are lots of people who want to participate in these videos so please give us a good reason:

Greek (ελληνικά) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages with a written record of over 3,000 years, easily making it the oldest documented Indo-European language. The Greek alphabet, originating from the Phoenician script, was the basis of numerous other scripts, such as Latin, Cyrillic, Coptic, Gothic, and Armenian. The Greek language has virtually impacted other languages in every corner of the world, being an important component of Western civilization, the Christian religion, and the language of some of the fundamental texts of science, astronomy, and mathematics. The Greek language today holds official status in Greece and Cyprus, and is recognized as a minority language in Albania, Armenia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, and Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Armenian language is the official language of Armenia and is widely spoken throughout the Armenian diaspora.

[BahadorAlast]

This is the first ever video we have conducted online due to the current Coronavirus pandemic! I understand the quality and how we go about doing it is obviously not going to be the same, but I am sure we can all agree that it's a great way to continue producing new content for now until everything is back to normal. It's also allows us to involve many of our friends and subscribers from around the world, in this case my friend Kiki who I met in Greece and one of our most dedicated subscribers, Elisa, who has become a friend of ours. If you have any suggestions for us on improving or want to participate in future videos conducted on Zoom, be sure to follow us on Instagram and message me on there! If you would like to participate in a future video, please don't do it with an empty profile! There are lots of people who want to participate in these videos so please give us a good reason.
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[silvaemilyanwhite]

I was born in Yerevan, Armenia but my grandparents were from Tessaloniki, Greece...so I always heard similarities in sounds.

[slavdefendov]

Armenian and Greek are very beautiful languages.
Love from Serbia!

[marmanlive]

I heard before that Greeks and Armenians share many similarities, two ancient cultures and civilizations, having many things in common. And when I traveled to Greece for the first time I literally proved that theory for myself and fell in love with Greece and Greek people... much love and respect to our Greek brothers and sisters...!!!!

[Gangsterdu]

Armenians and Greeks share 3000 years old relationship. At this point, we are brothers and sisters. Much love from Armenia 😍

[annamovsesyan]

Endless love to all Greeks <3 I love Greece very much, I am from Armenia, Yerevan.

[fazrazfarzam]

Love both Armenians and Greeks so much. Your history, lovely culture and warm people. Loads of love from Tabriz, Iran!

[Aiolos-fk]

We Greeks we love so much Armenians brothers and sisters you are heroic lovely hospitable people with huge history your 2nd home is Greece🇬🇷💕🇦🇲

[lawoman]

Wow, been in Greece 5 times. I am Armenian in California. I love all my countries 🇬🇷🇦🇲🇺🇸

[trasdxmad]

Two beautiful and ancient languages have finally met. Love to my Greek bothers and sisters! 🇦🇲🇬🇷🇦🇲🇬🇷🇦🇲🇬🇷❤️

[yjk]

Bahador is like the voice of God. You can't see him but he speaks.

[gabikassen]

Im Armenian and I’ve been to Greece probably around ten times during my life. I love the Greek people. I feel so connected to you guys, one of our brothers❤️❤️❤️🇦🇲 🇬🇷

[antbraun]

Gata (gr) - Katu (arm) - Cat,
Meta (gr) - Heto (arm) - Then
Grafi (gr) - Grel (arm) - Write
Alevri (gr) - Aleur (arm) - Flour
Kiriaki (gr) - Kiraki (arm) - Sunday
Kutali (gr) - Gtal (arm) - Spoon
Podi (gr) - Vod (arm) - Leg
Saranda (gr) - Karasun (arm) - Fourty
Kerasia (gr) - Keras (arm) - Cherry

[nikkol]

Love to all our Armenian brothers, from Greece !

[PieMunchies]

Last summer I was in Armenia and I also noticed these similarities:
Sunday -- Greek: Κυριακή (Kiriakí), Armenian: կիրակի (Kiraki)
Ice Cream -- Greek: παγωτό (paghotó), Armenian: պաղպաղակ (paghpaghak).
Spoon -- Greek: κουτάλι (koutáli), Armenian: գդալ (gdal).
"Don’t" -- Greek: μή (mí), Armenian: մի (mi)

Edit: also I forgot how we conjugate the word "to be" is similar. Greek: είμαι (íme), Armenian: եմ (y/em), Greek: είσαι (íse), Armenian: ես (y/es), etc

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[anasetrakian]

I love this so much!! Thank you!!
❤❤🇦🇲🇬🇷❤❤

[Missani]

Armenians and Greeks are similar in appearance, the Greeks and Armenians have a similar language, music, alphabet and the whole history that we lived together, for example, in Constantinople (Istanbul).🇦🇲❤️🇬🇷brothers

[auberginesonofdude]

I liked it before watching. Because nothing bad comes from this channel.

[Andrij_Kozak]

Please do Similarities between Ukrainian and Turkish. We have many loanwords from the Crimean Tatar language which is very similar to Turkish. And Similarities between Ukrainian and Belorusian language. These languages are the closest to each other.

[khaledabdullah]

Great video! We Arabs always had and have good relations with Armenians and Greeks. Many Greek and Armenians live in some Arab countries and I have good friends who are Greek and Armenian. Very lovely people with a great culture.