Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Abkhazia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- 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
Armenian
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Latin
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Not Available
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Not Available
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Not available
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Not available
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Greece
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Turkey
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
abkhaze
German Name
Neugriechisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Abkhaz people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Abkhaz
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
gree1276
abkh1244
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Greek 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 Greek and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Greek and Abkhaz Speaking population
Greek and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Abkhaz on Greek vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Abkhaz Language Codes
Greek and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.