Countries
Armenian Highland
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- 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.
Similar To
Greek
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Not Available
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Not Available
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Not Available
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Not available
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Not available
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Abkhazia
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Caucasus
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Sadz
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
Turkey
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
arménien
abkhaze
German Name
Armenisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Armenians
Abkhaz people
Origin
late 5th century
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
arme1241
abkh1244
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
No data Available
Language Type
Not Available
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Armenian and Abkhaz Speaking population
Armenian and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Armenian and Abkhaz on Armenian vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Armenian and Abkhaz Language Codes
Armenian and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Armenian and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.