Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Not Available
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
buls
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Abkhaz and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Bulgarian language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.