Re: Varieties of Armenian

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Peter T. Daniels wrote:

phoglund@xxxxxx wrote:

Is there anybody conversant in Modern Armenian here? I would like to
have a little insider perspective on the following:

- The relationship between Eastern and Western Armenian

- The relationship between colloquial Armenian and modern literary
Armenian

- The mutual intelligibility of Armenian dialects

I wouldn't mind a bibliography, or some useful links, regarding
Armenian linguistics.

There's a chapter in Giacalone Ramat and Ramat, *The Indo-European
Languages* (Routledge); there's probably also a chapter in Comrie, *The
World's Major Languages*;

Unfortunately, no.

and you can get the basics from Encyclopaedia
Britannica. I believe the classic grammar is Meillet's.

--
Jim Heckman
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