Countries
Georgia
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
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 in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Abkhazia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Caucasus
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Turkey
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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