Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Georgia
National Language
Abkhazia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Not Available
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
Not Available
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
Not Available
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
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მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
Not available
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Kartli
Where They Speak
Turkey
Pshavi
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
abkhaze
géorgien
German Name
Abchasisch
Georgisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Georgians
Origin
c. 1650
5th Century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
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Southern
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Modern Georgian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
abks
Not Available
Glottocode
abkh1244
nucl1302
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Abkhaz and Georgian 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 Georgian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Georgian language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Georgian word for "Thank You" is გმადლობთ (gmadlobt). Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Georgian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Georgian Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Georgian 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 Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.