Quote Originally Posted by Karo
Sorry don't know much about acient Armenian but I think the language that they use in church serveses is not Classical Armenian but medieval Hayeren about the time of the Bagratuni kings of Ani. If I'm wrong please correct me don't know much about the history of the armenian languege



Karo
Yes, it will be Church Armenian, though of course related to Classical Armenian. However, since the Armenian language didn't have an alphabet until the 5th century we have no idea what the Armenian language would have sounded like back then, and no doubt there would have been a lot of changes between what it was in classical times. Armenia was under the influence not only of Persian and Greek. I imagine modern Armenian and church armenian is heavily influenced by the greek language (the alphabet is based on the greek one after all).

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