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Abkhaz vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
7  
8

National Language
Abkhazia  
Azerbaijan, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
Azerbaijan 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.
  
  • Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
  • Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Turkish  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
62  
36
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
9  
6

How Many Consonants
60  
36
23  
13

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
necəsən  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
амритана  
lütfən  

Sorry
Амарахь  
üzr  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
xudafiz  

I Love You
-  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Russia  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
37,000,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
37,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
37.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.34 %  
39

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
-  
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
abkhaze  
azéri  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
16th Century  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
28  
26
38  
35

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Signed Azerbaijani  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
aze  

ISO 639 3
abk  
aze  

ISO 639 6
abks  
aze  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Abkhaz and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Azerbaijani language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Abkhaz and Azerbaijani Language History.

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Abkhaz and Azerbaijani Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Abkhaz and Azerbaijani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Azerbaijani language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Azerbaijani word for "Thank You" is Təşəkkür edirəm. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Azerbaijani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Abkhaz vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Azerbaijani Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Abkhaz and Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.

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