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Abkhaz vs Turkish


Turkish vs Abkhaz


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Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
11  
5

National Language
Abkhazia  
Turkey  

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
62  
36
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
8  
5

How Many Consonants
60  
36
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Tünaydın  

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

Please
амритана  
lütfen  

Sorry
Амарахь  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
-  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
-  
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
abkhaze  
turc  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
28  
26
19  
17

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
tur  

ISO 639 3
abk  
tur  

ISO 639 6
abks  
tur  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
nucl1301  

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  
Synthetic  

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Abkhaz and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Turkish language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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Abkhaz and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Turkish language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Abkhaz vs Turkish Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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