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Georgian and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America   
Abkhazia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Anatolian Languages   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
2   
1

How Many Consonants
28   
18
60   
36

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   
Not Available   

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)   
Not Available   

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   
Not available   

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
Abkhazia   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kartlian   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Kartli   
Caucasus   

Dialect 3
Pshavian   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Pshavi   
Turkey   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.30 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
4.30 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
géorgien   
abkhaze   

German Name
Georgisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Georgians   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
5th Century   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Kartvelian Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Southern   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian   
Abkhaz   

Language Position
120   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ka   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
geo   
abk   

ISO 639 3
kat   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
nucl1302   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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All Georgian and Abkhaz Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Georgian and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Georgian and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Georgian are spoken in different Georgian Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Georgian vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian, Kartlian. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Georgian and Abkhaz Speaking population

Georgian and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian 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 Georgian and Abkhaz on Georgian vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Georgian and Abkhaz Language Codes

Georgian and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Georgian and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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