Retrieved 8 August 2020. Ancient sources support the latter version: Xenophon, for example, states that Armenia, ruled by an Orontid king, was not conquered until the reign of Median king Astyages (585–550 BC) – long after Median invasion of the late 7th century BC. He was a man of giant stature, a mighty archer and fearless warrior. A connection was made in Armenian historiography of the Soviet era, with Hayasa mentioned in Hittite inscriptions. Ils parlent deux dialectes différents mais intercompréhensibles : l'arménien oriental utilisé en Arménie, dans le Caucase et en Iran, et l'arménien occidental utilisé ailleurs dans le monde. [citation needed] Some have suggested a continuity with the Hittite name Arnuwanda. After the arrogant Titanid Bel made himself king over all, Hayk emigrated to the region near Mount Ararat with an extended household of at least 300 and settled there, founding a village he named Haykashen. Various Greek transcriptions of the name in Classical sources are spelled as Orontes, Aruandes or Ardoates. La danse et la musique arméniennes sont parmi les plus anciennes et sont encore pratiquées aujourd'hui. cited after Sa Grandeur Mgr.

This intermixing would ultimately culminate in the emergence of the Armenian language as the dominant language within the region. The figure slain by Hayk's arrow is variously given as Bel or Nimrod. like that of the Armenians as a means of reconstructing population history. It is unknown what language was spoken by the peoples of Urartu at the time of the existence of the kingdom of Van, but there is linguistic evidence of contact between the proto-Armenian language and the Urartian language at an early date (sometime between the 3rd—2nd millennium BC), occurring prior to the formation of Urartu as a kingdom.[84][85][86][38][87]. Our open community is dedicated to digging into the origins of our species on planet earth, and question wherever the discoveries might take us. However, this is an etiological tag added by the ethnographer responsible for the list who felt an obligation to explain where each of the ethnic groups came from – the ancient Armenians themselves seem to have no knowledge of their ancestors' migration from Phrygia.[26]. Regardless, the Urartian confederation united the disparate peoples of the highlands, which began a process of intermingling of the peoples and cultures (probably including Armenian tribes) and languages (probably including Proto-Armenian) within the highlands. Armenologist Armen Petrosyan proposed that the powerful Etiuni confederation, located in what is now the territory of northeastern Turkey and Armenia, may have been the name the Urartians used to refer to Armenian-speaking tribes. The Urartian confederation united the disparate peoples of the highlands, which began a process of intermingling of the peoples and cultures (including possibly Armenian tribes) and languages (potentially including proto-Armenian) within the highlands. Hint: NOT Columbus! [2], "The original Armenians must have been very adventurous.

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However, what all these attestations refer to cannot be determined with certainty. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/science/study-backs-5th-century-historians-date-for-founding-of-armenia.html. This passage has often been cited to explain the origin of the Armenians and the introduction of the Proto-Armenian language into the South Caucasus region. David, Archevêque Syrien De Damas. [58] This would indicate two scenarios—either Media subsequently conquered Urartu, bringing about its subsequent demise, or Urartu maintained its independence and power, going through a mere dynastic change, as a local Armenian dynasty or dynasties (the Haykazunis and/or the Orontids) overthrew the ruling family with the help of the Median army.