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Greek vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
24  
6
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
2  
1

How Many Consonants
17  
7
60  
36

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
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
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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Griko  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
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  

History

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
74  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Greek and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Abkhaz language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Greek and Abkhaz Language History.

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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.

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