Locale Hy Am

Reference data for the Armenian (Armenia) locale — endonym Հայերեն (Հայաստան), written in the Armenian script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: hy-AM
• ISO 639-1: hy
• ISO 639-3: hye
• Script: Armn (Armenian)
• Region: AM (Armenia)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 2,900,000
• L2 (additional): 200,000
• L1+L2 (total): 3,100,000

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale Hy 001 (Armenian), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).

• one — i = 0,1 (e.g. 0, 1)
• other — everything else (e.g. 2~17, 100, 1000, 10000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale Hy 001 with the conventions of Armenia (Eastern Armenian).

• Variant: Eastern Armenian is the standard in Armenia.
• Formats: dram (֏); dates 17.10.2026; 24-hour clock; decimal comma.
• Names: place names follow official Armenian forms; transliteration to Latin follows the official system.
• Context: Russian is widely understood but should not be the default in Armenian-language content.

Common pitfalls

• Using Western Armenian forms for an Armenia audience.
• Using Russian forms in Armenian text.
• The general pitfalls in Locale Hy 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• Unicode CLDR locale data for number, calendar, and currency formats (https://cldr.unicode.org)