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
-
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
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6238
18
247
👆🏻
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
612
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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
амритана
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Амарахь
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
-
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
106,000.006,000,000.00
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
106,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Sadz
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Turkey
-
How Many People Speak
106,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.13 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
-7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
[abxaz]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Armenians
Origin
c. 1650
late 5th century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
2814
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
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
hye
Glottocode
abkh1244
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data Available
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic