Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- 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
Farsi Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Silaw
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Sipas
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Evare baş
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Bê zehmet
амритана
Bye
Be xêr çî
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
-
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Bzyb
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Abkhazia
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Caucasus
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Sadz
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Turkey
Second Language Speakers
-
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
kurde
abkhaze
German Name
Kurdisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Abkhaz people
Origin
16th century CE
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
abkh1244
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative
All Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Abkhaz Speaking population
Kurdish and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % 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 Kurdish and Abkhaz on Kurdish vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Abkhaz Language Codes
Kurdish and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.