Editing Dialect continuum (section)

=== Armenian ===

The [[Armenian language]] has two standardized forms: [[Western Armenian]] and [[Eastern Armenian]]. Before the [[Armenian genocide]] and other significant demographic changes that affected the [[Armenians]], several dozen [[Armenian dialects]] existed in the areas historically populated by them. The most notable overarching survey of the Armenian dialects is the ''Classification des dialectes arméniens'' (''Classification of Armenian dialects''), a 1909 book by the Armenian linguist [[Hrachia Acharian]], published in Paris.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adjarian |first1=Hrachia |title=Classification des dialectes arméniens |date=1909 |publisher=Librairie Honore Champion |location=Paris}}</ref> It is Acharian's translation into French of his original work [http://www.nayiri.com/imagedBook.jsp?id=1 ''Hay Barbaṙagitutʿiwn''] ("Armenian Dialectology") that was later published as a book in 1911 in Moscow and New Nakhichevan. The French translation lacks  dialectal examples. An English translation was published in 2024.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dolatian |first1=Hossep |title=Adjarian’s Armenian dialectology (1911): Translation and commentary |date=2024 |publisher=Language Science Press |location=Berlin |url=https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/385}}</ref> Acharian surveyed the Armenian dialects in what is now [[Turkey]], [[Armenia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Iran]], [[Azerbaijan]] and other countries settled by [[Armenians]]. After the [[Armenian genocide]], linguists [[Gevorg Jahukyan]], Jos Weitenberg, [[Bert Vaux]] and [[Hrach Martirosyan]] have extended the understanding of Armenian dialects.