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    Quote Originally Posted by Karo
    But I have a question what was the official language around those time and what language did the people of the kingdom speak. I'll try to find out some more if I have I'll post it here


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    By the time of Artashes, Armenian was the language of Hayasdan. The Kings spoke both Persian (Old, then Middle) and Greek, after Alexander. For writing Persian was written in Aramaic and then later on Greek was used.

    Before Artashes, many languages were prevalent in the Armenian Highlands, mostly non indo-european languages, of which Georgian is the only existing one now.

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    arkah means king. Astvadz is God. Arkah is an indo-european word. The Greeks used Archeos also in english gthe word archeic or archiology is tied in with the word arkah. foot modern armenian or classic armenian isnt influenced by greek. The common indo-european terms are there, but i think that is just common in both languages. For example in english we say door. In armenian its dur(or tur in western armenian) or du in german which means you its the same exact word in armenian ( in western armenian its tu)

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    Artavadz do you know if the language used in the armenian church is classical or bagratuni or cilician Armenian?


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    Quote Originally Posted by artavazd
    arkah means king. Astvadz is God. Arkah is an indo-european word. The Greeks used Archeos also in english gthe word archeic or archiology is tied in with the word arkah. foot modern armenian or classic armenian isnt influenced by greek. The common indo-european terms are there, but i think that is just common in both languages. For example in english we say door. In armenian its dur(or tur in western armenian) or du in german which means you its the same exact word in armenian ( in western armenian its tu)
    Yes, Astvadz is the usual noun used for "God" but the word "Arkahutoun" generally holds root in godliness in today's use. I suppose "Astvadzutoun" would work just as well, and I'm pretty sure I've heard that use of it, but I was unaware that the word "Arkah" had its roots in the word King rather than any kind of deity.

    But as above, I imagine the deity portion came in later (Christian era), after it meant something similar to Emperor.




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    well the "church language" dates back to the fourth century AD. When armenia became a christian state the language of the day was what we know as the "church language" so it predates Bagratuni and Cilicia. (modern western armenian began in Cilicia

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