Armenian is one of the most unique Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Armenia, a country that was once part of the Soviet Union. According to the eLinguistics.net analysis using specific software modules to assess linguistic relationships, the five languages most similar to Greek are Greek, Latvian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Czech. However, they are still far different from Armenian.
- Greek (36.5)
Both Greek and Armenian languages are some of the oldest in the Indo-European family. Some scholars have proposed that these languages may have shared a closer relationship at some point in the distant past, possibly due to contact between the Greek and Armenian populations in Asia Minor. - Latvian (30.9)
Latvia, along with Armenia, was once part of the Soviet Union. Despite their differences Latvian shares some structural and lexical features with Armenian, despite their geographical distance. The Baltic languages, including Latvian, are known for their conservative nature, preserving many archaic features of Proto-Indo-European. - Slovak (28.2)
Slovak, a West Slavic language, shares certain linguistic features with Armenian due to their common Indo-European ancestry. Although Slovak and Armenian belong to different branches of the Indo-European family, there are noteworthy parallels between them. Additionally, both languages have similar vowel systems. - Slovenian (28.1)
Slovenian is yet another Slavic language on this list. It shares some linguistic features with Armenian, particularly in terms of vocabulary, morphology, and syntax. Despite the differences in their respective linguistic branches, Armenian and Slovenian show some intriguing parallels. - Czech (28.0)
Czech is extremely similar to Slovak. Both languages were once spoken in Czechoslovakia. Czech shares several linguistic features with Armenian, despite their different branches within the Indo-European family. Czech’s rich morphological system and phonological features offer interesting points of comparison with Armenian.
(to be considered for the list, the language must be spoken by at least one million people)