Western Armenian
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Western Armenian is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Armenian dialect, as opposed to Eastern Armenian, which is mainly based on the Yerevan Armenian dialect.... Wikipedia
Language family: Indo-European: Armenian > Western Armenian
Native speakers: 1.6 million (2022)
Writing system: Armenian alphabet (virtually always in the Classical Armenian orthography)