Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
Turkey
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Azerbaijani Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Not Available
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Merhaba
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
günaydın
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
lütfen
Not Available
Sorry
üzgünüm
Not Available
Bye
Hoşçakal
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Not available
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Not available
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Abxazo, Abkhazian
German Name
Türkisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Turkish
Abkhaz people
Language Family
Turkic Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Turkic
Not Available
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Abkhaz
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
nucl1301
abkh1244
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Turkish and Abkhaz 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 Turkish and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Abkhaz language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Turkish vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Abkhaz 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 Turkish and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.