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 differs from the Eastern Armenian in its pronunciation, vocabulary and conjugation. Western Armenian has six nominal cases : Nominative (subject), Accusative (direct object), Genitive (possession), Dative (indirect object), Ablative (origin) and Instrumental (means). Like in Eastern Armenian nouns in Western Armenian decline for number (singular and plural), but do not decline for gender (i.e. masculine or feminine).

 

Books and learning materials

Language lessons

The lessons are targeted towards individuals who are literate in the English language and wish to learn Western Armenian.

Here you will find a list of teaching and learning materials for Modern Western Armenian, which are available for sale on the internet.

Online dictionaries American English - Western Armenian Dictionary Western to Eastern Armenian Dictionary

For young learners

Armenian language learning tools developed especially for children.

www.tyalt.com

The official website of the Armenian Youth Federation.

www.ayf.org

 

A site dedicated to teaching young people the Armenian language.

www.armeniankids.com

 

A site for Armenian children and their families.

www.hyefamily.com

Learning Modern Eastern Armenian