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Kurdish and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Abkhazia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • 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
Farsi Language   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
2   
1

How Many Consonants
29   
19
60   
36

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
Sipas   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   

Please
Bê zehmet   
Not Available   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Not Available   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Abkhazia   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Caucasus   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Turkey   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
0.13 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
Not Available   

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
0.13 million   
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
kurde   
abkhaze   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Abkhaz   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
abk   

ISO 639 3
kur   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kurdish and Abkhaz Speaking population

Kurdish and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % 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 Kurdish and Abkhaz on Kurdish vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Abkhaz Language Codes

Kurdish and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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