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
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
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.