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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
-  
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
6  
5
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
амритана  
asseblief  

Sorry
Амарахь  
jammer  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Totsiens  

I Love You
-  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
-  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
-  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

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
0.01 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
10.30 million  
40

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  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
17th Century  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
28  
26
23  
21

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
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 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.

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