Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
South Africa
National Language
Abkhazia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
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Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
hallo
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Dankie
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
goeie nag
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
goeie more
Please
амритана
asseblief
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Totsiens
I Love You
-
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
-
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Caucasus
-
Dialect 3
Sadz
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Turkey
Namibia
Second Language Speakers
-
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Cape Dutch
French Name
abkhaze
afrikaans
German Name
Abchasisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Afrikaners
Origin
c. 1650
17th Century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
abkh1244
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic
All Abkhaz and Afrikaans 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 Abkhaz and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Abkhaz and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Abkhaz are spoken in different Abkhaz Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Abkhaz vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb, Abzhywa. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Abkhaz and Afrikaans Speaking population
Abkhaz and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Abkhaz and Afrikaans on Abkhaz vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Abkhaz and Afrikaans Language Codes
Abkhaz and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Abkhaz and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.