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Abkhaz and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Abkhazia  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
6  
3

How Many Consonants
60  
36
36  
26

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Cyrillic  

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)  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
амритана  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
Амарахь  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
-  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Bulgaria  

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

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Balgarski  

French Name
abkhaze  
bulgare  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
9th Century  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
28  
26
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
bul  

ISO 639 3
abk  
bul  

ISO 639 6
abks  
buls  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Abkhaz and Bulgarian Speaking population

Abkhaz and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 %. 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 Bulgarian on Abkhaz vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Bulgarian Language Codes

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