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Abkhaz and Albanian


Albanian and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Abkhazia  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

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.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Romanian  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
7  
4

How Many Consonants
60  
36
29  
19

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
natën e mirë  

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

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

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

Please
амритана  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
Амарахь  
Me fal  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
-  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Gheg Albanian  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
3,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Tosk Albanian  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
1,800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
3.60 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Shqip  

French Name
abkhaze  
albanais  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Albanians  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
28  
26
14  
13

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
alb  

ISO 639 3
abk  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
abks  
sqi  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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

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Abkhaz and Albanian Speaking population

Abkhaz and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 %. 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 Albanian on Abkhaz vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Albanian Language Codes

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

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