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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia

Total No. Of Countries

33
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Abkhazia

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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Interesting Facts

  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  • 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.

Similar To

Armenian
Adyghe language, Abaza language

Derived From

Latin
Caucasian languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2462
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

72
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1760
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Cyrillic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks27 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
амритана

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Амарахь

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
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Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Извините (Izvinite)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Bzyb

Where They Speak

Greece
Abkhazia

How Many People Speak

2,800.00106,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Abzhywa

Where They Speak

Italy
Caucasus

How Many People Speak

50,000.00106,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Sadz

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Turkey

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.00106,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

253
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million0.13 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million0.13 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million-
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Abxazo, Abkhazian

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
abkhaze

German Name

Neugriechisch
Abchasisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[abxaz]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Abkhaz people

History

Origin

1500 BC
c. 1650

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian

Subgroup

Hellenic
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Abkhaz

Language Position

7428
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
ab

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
abk

ISO 639 2/B

gre
abk

ISO 639 3

ell
abk

ISO 639 6

ells
abks

Glottocode

gree1276
abkh1244

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative

Greek and Abkhaz Alphabets

Greek and Abkhaz Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Abkhaz. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Abkhaz Alphabets there are 62 letters. To learn Greek and Abkhaz languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Abkhaz languages. The Greek phonology consist Greek vowels and Greek consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Greek greetings vs Abkhaz greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Abkhaz are Most Spoken Languages.

All Greek and Abkhaz Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Greek and Abkhaz Speaking population

Greek and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Abkhaz on Greek vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Abkhaz Language Codes

Greek and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.