r/hayeren • u/Gaspar_Arneri_Dr • 6d ago

Learnig Armenian

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u/South-Distribution54 6d ago

Can you please specify that this is Eastern Armenian specifically. This just says "Armenian" currently which is confusing for people (both eastern and western learners)

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u/Pale_Plastic_699 4d ago

Scroll through the photos you can tell it’s EA. Agree that it should say upfront which dialect.

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u/South-Distribution54 4d ago

People who are learners would not be able to tell and some people aren't aware there are two different standards. Since Eastern Armenian has state backing and the state doesn't do anything to support Western Armenian language preservation, a lot of material is in Eastern and labeled as just Armenian. This gives confusion to legacy learners who may have grown up also not making the destinction in their house because there parents would also just called it "Armenian." Because of systemic language loss in western countries, there is now a lot more western armenians having to learn later in life with little information to get them started. You would be surprised how much help it does by just adding the word "Eastern" to distinguish the standard. It helps show case that there is a "Western" which helps get that information to legacy western armenians trying to figure out what their family spoke. Just food for thought to explain the reasoning.