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Abkhaz and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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
Not Available   
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

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

Alphabets
62   
36
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
15   
12

How Many Consonants
60   
36
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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
Not Available   
asseblief   

Sorry
Not Available   
jammer   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
Not Available   

I Love You
Not available   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million   
99+
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
abkhaze   
afrikaans   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
17th Century   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
afr   

ISO 639 3
abk   
afr   

ISO 639 6
abks   
afrs   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic   

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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.

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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 Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 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.

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