Western Armenia
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- This article is about the historical subregion in Eurasia. See Armenian Highland for the geographical region.
Western Armenia (or Ottoman Armenia) is a term coined following the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 to refer to the Armenian-populated historical region that remained under Ottoman rule after the eastern part was ceded to the Russian Empire.
Ottoman Armenia was composed of Six vilayets (vilâyat-ı sitte), the vilayets of Erzurum, Van, Bitlis, Diyarbekir, Kharput, and Sivas.[1]
The distinct Western Armenian dialect of the Armenian language is spoken primarily in Turkey, the Levant and in the Armenian diaspora. In the diaspora, the Armenian schools, such as L'École Arménienne Sourp Hagop and the Armenian Sisters Academy instruct Western Armenian to the students, instead of Eastern Armenian, the official dialect of the Republic of Armenia.
