 It is clear that Armenian is an Indo-European language, but its development is opaque.In any case, Armenian has many layers of loanwords and shows traces of long language contact with Anatolian languages such as Luwian and Hittite, Hurrian-Mitanni, Hurrio-Urartian languages, Semitic languages such as Akkadian and Aramaic, and Iranian languages such as Persian and Parthian.Armenian also has influence to a lesser extent from Greek and Arabic.