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
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Caucasus
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
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
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
abks
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Greek and Abkhaz 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 Greek and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Abkhaz language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Greek vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Abkhaz 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 Greek and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.