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Greek and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Greek


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

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)  
-  

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
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
2  
1

How Many Consonants
17  
7
60  
36

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
27 weeks  
8

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)  
-  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
106,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
-  

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  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

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
74  
99+
28  
26

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  

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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.

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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.

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