Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Armenian Highland
National Language
Abkhazia
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
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
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Greek
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Not Available
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Not Available
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Not available
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Not available
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Sadz
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
Turkey
Not Applicable
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
abkhaze
arménien
German Name
Abchasisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Armenians
Origin
c. 1650
late 5th century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
abks
Not Available
Glottocode
abkh1244
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data Available
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Historical
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Abkhaz and Armenian 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 Abkhaz and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Armenian language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Armenian Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Armenian 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 Abkhaz and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.