Countries
Israel
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Israel
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
- 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Abkhazia
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Caucasus
  
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
hébreu
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Abkhaz
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and Abkhaz language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hebrew vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Hebrew vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.