Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Abkhazia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Armenian
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Not Available
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Not Available
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Not available
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Not available
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Turkey
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
abkhaze
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Abchasisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
abkh1244
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data Available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Abkhaz and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Greek language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Greek Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.