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Abkhaz vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
7   
8

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

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
62   
36
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
9   
6

How Many Consonants
60   
36
23   
13

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
33   
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million   
99+
26.00 million   
39

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.34 %   
37

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   

History

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   
38   
30

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Abkhaz and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Azerbaijani language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Abkhaz and Azerbaijani Language History.

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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.

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