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Abkhaz and Kurdish


Kurdish and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Abkhazia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
8  
5

How Many Consonants
60  
36
29  
19

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Silaw  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
амритана  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Амарахь  
Bibûre  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
-  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
-  
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
abkhaze  
kurde  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Kurds  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Kurdish  

Language Position
28  
26
14  
13

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
kur  

ISO 639 3
abk  
kur  

ISO 639 6
abks  
kur  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Abkhaz and Kurdish 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 Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Abkhaz and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Abkhaz are spoken in different Abkhaz Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Abkhaz vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb, Abzhywa. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Abkhaz and Kurdish Speaking population

Abkhaz and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Abkhaz vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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