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Turkish vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
3  
12

National Language
Turkey  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
2  
1

How Many Consonants
21  
11
60  
36

Scripts
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
Merhaba  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

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

Please
lütfen  
Not Available  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Not Available  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
29
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
21
Not Available  

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Türkçe  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
turc  
abkhaze  

German Name
Türkisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
19  
17
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
abk  

ISO 639 3
tur  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Turkish and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Abkhaz language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Abkhaz Language History.

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Turkish 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 Turkish and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Abkhaz language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Turkish vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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