Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
Azerbaijan, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Azerbaijan 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.
  
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Turkish
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Osmanly language
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
Təşəkkür edirəm
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
necəsən
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
yaxşı gecə
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Axşamınız xeyir
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Günortanız Xeyir
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Sabahınız xeyir
  
Please
Not Available
  
lütfən
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
üzr
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
xudafiz
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Mən səni sevirəm
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Bağışlayın
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Derbent
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Russia
  
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Gazakh
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Azerbaijan
  
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Baku
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Azerbaijan
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
26.00 million
  
39
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
23.00 million
  
34
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
azéri
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Aserbeidschanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Azerbaijani
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Azerbaijani
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
az
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
aze
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
aze
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
aze
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
azer1255
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Abkhaz and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Azerbaijani language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Azerbaijani word for "Thank You" is Təşəkkür edirəm. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Azerbaijani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Azerbaijani Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.