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Abkhaz and Greek


Greek and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
Abkhazia  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Armenian  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
62  
36
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
7  
4

How Many Consonants
60  
36
17  
7

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Arabic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
амритана  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Амарахь  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
-  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
abkhaze  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Hellenic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
28  
26
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
gre  

ISO 639 3
abk  
ell  

ISO 639 6
abks  
ells  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Abkhaz and Greek Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Abkhaz and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Abkhaz and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Abkhaz are spoken in different Abkhaz Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Abkhaz vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb, Abzhywa. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Abkhaz and Greek Speaking population

Abkhaz and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Abkhaz and Greek on Abkhaz vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Greek Language Codes

Abkhaz and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Abkhaz and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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