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Abkhaz and Akan


Akan and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Abkhazia  
Ghana  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Akan Orthography 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.
  
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
10  
7

How Many Consonants
60  
36
16  
6

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
ete-sen  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
maadwo  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
maadwo  

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

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

Please
амритана  
wae  

Sorry
Амарахь  
Kafra  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
bye  

I Love You
-  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
abkhaze  
akan  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Akan people  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
15  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Akan  

Language Position
28  
26
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
aka  

ISO 639 3
abk  
aka  

ISO 639 6
abks  
aka  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Abkhaz and Akan 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 Akan dialects. Various dialects of Abkhaz and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Abkhaz are spoken in different Abkhaz Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Abkhaz vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb, Abzhywa. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Abkhaz and Akan Speaking population

Abkhaz and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Akan on Abkhaz vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Akan Language Codes

Abkhaz and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Abkhaz and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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