Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
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University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Caucasian languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6230
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
25
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6025
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Zdravo
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Hvala
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Kako si?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Laku noc
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Dobar dan
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Dobro jutro
Please
амритана
molim vas
Sorry
Амарахь
Oprostite
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Zbogom
I Love You
-
Volim te
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
106,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Croatia
How Many People Speak
106,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Turkey
Croatia
How Many People Speak
106,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.13 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
-20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
abkhaze
bosniaque
German Name
Abchasisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Bosniaks
Origin
c. 1650
19th Century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Bosnian
Language Position
2824
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
bos
ISO 639 2/B
abk
bos
ISO 639 3
abk
bos
ISO 639 6
abks
boss
Glottocode
abkh1244
bosn1245
Linguasphere
No data Available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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