who keep using the traditional alphabet and spelling. Vocabulary Indo-European cognates Armenian is an Indo-European language, so many of its Proto-Indo-European-descended words are cognates of words in other Indo-European languages such as English, Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit. However, due to extensive loaning, only around 1,500 words (G. Jahukyan) are known to have been inherited from Indo-European by the Classical Armenian stage; the rest were lost, a fact that presents a major challenge to endeavors to better understand Proto-Armenian and its place within the family, especially as many of the sound changes along the way from Indo-European to Armenian remain quite difficult to analyze. This table lists some of the more recognizable cognates that Armenian shares with English words descended from Old English. See also Armenian PowerSpell, electronic text corrector Armenian Sign Language Languages of Armenia Language families and languages List of Indo-European languages Classical Armenian orthography Auguste Carrière Notes Footnotes References Further reading Adjarian, Hrachya H. (1909) Classification des dialectes arméniens, par H. Adjarian. Paris: Honoré Champion. Clackson, James. 1994. The Linguistic Relationship Between Armenian and Greek. London: Publications of the Philological Society, No 30. (and Oxford: Blackwell Publishing) Holst, Jan Henrik (2009) Armenische Studien. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. Mallory, J. P. (1989) In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology and Myth. London: Thames & Hudson. Vaux, Bert. 1998. The Phonology of Armenian. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Vaux, Bert. 2002. "The Armenian dialect of Jerusalem." in Armenians in the Holy Land. Louvain: Peters. External links Armenian Lessons (free online through the Linguistics Research Center at UT Austin) Armenian Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words (from Wiktionary's Swadesh list appendix) ARMENIA AND IRAN iv. History, discussion, and the presentation of Iranian influences in Armenian Language over the millennia Nayiri.com (Library of Armenian dictionaries) dictionaries.arnet.am Collection of Armenian XDXF and Stardict dictionaries Grabar (Brief introduction to Classical Armenian also known as Grabar) բառարան.հայ – Armenian dictionary Indo-European languages Subject–object–verb languages Languages of Armenia Languages of Russia Languages of Turkey Languages of Kazakhstan Languages of Iran Languages of Lebanon Languages of Azerbaijan Languages of Georgia (country) Languages of the Caucasus Languages of Cyprus Languages attested from the 5th century Languages of Kurdistan Articles containing video clips