Countries
Iran
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Abkhazia
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica
Europe
Minority Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.
- 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
Persian
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4562
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4060
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
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
25 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Thank you
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
how are you
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Good night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Good evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Good morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Please
амритана
Sorry
sorry
Амарахь
Bye
bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
i love you
-
Excuse Me
excuse me
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Feyli lurish
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bakhtiari
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Iran
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Laki
Sadz
Where They Speak
Iran
Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.00 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.00 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
89.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
nanme
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Lori, Luri, Luristani
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
louri
abkhaze
German Name
-
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Lurs
Abkhaz people
Origin
19 BC
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
gd
No early forms
Standard Forms
gd
Abkhaz
Language Position
2328
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
12
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lrc
abk
ISO 639 2/B
lrc
abk
ISO 639 3
12
abk
ISO 639 6
lrc
abks
Glottocode
12
abkh1244
Linguasphere
12
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative