Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Georgia
National Language
Abkhazia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Not Available
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
Not Available
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
Not Available
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
Not available
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
Not available
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Kartli
Where They Speak
Turkey
Pshavi
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
abkhaze
géorgien
German Name
Abchasisch
Georgisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Georgians
Origin
c. 1650
5th Century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Southern
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Modern Georgian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
abks
Not Available
Glottocode
abkh1244
nucl1302
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Abkhaz and Georgian 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 Abkhaz and Georgian dialects. Various dialects of Abkhaz and Georgian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Abkhaz are spoken in different Abkhaz Speaking Countries whereas Georgian Dialects are spoken in different Georgian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Abkhaz vs Georgian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb, Abzhywa. Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian , Kartlian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Abkhaz and Georgian Speaking population
Abkhaz and Georgian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Georgian languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Georgian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Georgian language is Not Available. 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 Abkhaz and Georgian on Abkhaz vs Georgian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Abkhaz and Georgian Language Codes
Abkhaz and Georgian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Abkhaz and Georgian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.