Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
Not Available
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
kurde
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Kurds
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Kurdish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Abkhaz and Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Kurdish language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.