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Abkhaz and Basque


Basque and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Abkhazia  
France, Spain  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

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

Regulated By
-  
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Spanish  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Gabon  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Arratsalde on  

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

Please
амритана  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Амарахь  
Barkatu  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Agur  

I Love You
-  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
France  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
abkhaze  
basque  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Basque people  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Basque  

Language Position
28  
26
30  
28

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
baq  

ISO 639 3
abk  
eus  

ISO 639 6
abks  
eus  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Abkhaz and Basque Speaking population

Abkhaz and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 %. 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 Basque on Abkhaz vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Basque Language Codes

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

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