Countries
Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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 first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Greek
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6238
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
26
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6032
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
NA12
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Not Available
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Not Available
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Not available
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Not available
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
Turkey
Not Applicable
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million6.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million6.00 million
0.13
873
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Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
abkhaze
arménien
German Name
Abchasisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Armenians
History
Origin
c. 1650
late 5th century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
NANA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ab
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
hye
ISO 639 2/B
abk
arm
ISO 639 3
abk
hye
ISO 639 6
abks
Not Available
Glottocode
abkh1244
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data Available
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic