1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Armenian Highland
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Abkhazia
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
1.9 Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Greek
1.10 Derived From
Caucasian languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Cyrillic
Armenian manuscript
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Բարեւ (Barev)
3.2 Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
3.3 How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
3.4 Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
3.5 Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Բարի օր (Bari or)
3.7 Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
3.8 Please
Not Available
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
3.9 Sorry
Not Available
կներեք (knerek’)
3.10 Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Ց'տեսություն
3.11 I Love You
Not available
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
3.12 Excuse Me
Not available
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Caucasus
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.13 million6.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.13 million6.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
57-AAA-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic