Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Abkhazia
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
-
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
-
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
您好
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
谢谢
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
你好吗？
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
晚安
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
下午好
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
早上好
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
再见
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
原谅我
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Turkey
Hong Kong
Second Language Speakers
-
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
abkhaze
cantonais
German Name
Abchasisch
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Han Chinese
Origin
c. 1650
17th century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
ab
No data available
ISO 639 3
abk
No data available
Glottocode
abkh1244
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Historical
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-
All Abkhaz and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Abkhaz and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Abkhaz are spoken in different Abkhaz Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Abkhaz vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb, Abzhywa. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Abkhaz and Cantonese Speaking population
Abkhaz and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Abkhaz vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Abkhaz and Cantonese Language Codes
Abkhaz and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Abkhaz and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.