Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
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 in
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Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
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
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Bzyb
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Sadz
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Origin
16th century CE
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
kurd1259
abkh1244
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Abkhaz language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.