An eminent French linguist, the armenologist Antoine Meillet writes ․
JANUARY 23, 2022 – ARMENIA – WORLD – HISTORY – CULTURE.
No nation has expressed a stronger will to exist in two thousand years than the Armenian nation.
No nation has more stubbornly preserved its own language.
As soon as a few Armenians gather in the city where they emigrated, they set up a printing press and create a newspaper in their own language. The vitality of a civilized language is so great.
At a time when the name of France did not even exist, Armenia played a big role in history. At a time when the French language was not yet different from Latin, Armenian literature was considerable.
At the time when Armenian literature was thus formed, none of the great nations of modern Europe yet existed. It couldn’t be France or England.
The literary authorities of the Armenian nation are so old that they are several centuries older than the authorities of most Western European nations.
No matter how much the misfortunes of the Armenians exceeded the usual level, they proved that their strength exceeded the usual limit, thus proving that they are called to endure, to recover from a state of oppression for many centuries.
Armenians are not a very big nation, but it is a very old nation, we know that from history, those who have the rights of Armenians only need the truth.
Age-old emigration should have consumed the tribe.
However, the Armenians did not stop living in their country, thus proving a strong vitality.
The activities of the emigrant Armenians can be inferred from the fact that they gave Byzantium to the emperors, that the greatest minister of Egypt in the 19th century, Nubar Pasha, was an Armenian.
Armenians are so nice that I feel a little ashamed…
No matter what I say, the frankness with which I am received here is not enough…
I dare not ask anything, because they immediately do what I want.
Wherever I wanted to be accepted, I was accepted.
People like me in France who wouldn’t even make a move for me came to visit my poor hotel room. And all because I am an armenologist.
Early Christian Armenian Church – Ereruk Basilica, 4th century, in the Shirak region of Armenia, on the left bank of the Akhuryan River. Across the Akhuryan River is Armenia’s former capital, Ani.
Inglish translation – by lousavor-avedis.org/
