Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Zulu language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6231
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
25
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6018
9
60
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Scripts
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 weeks32 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Moni
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Zikomo
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
амритана
Chonde
Sorry
Амарахь
pepani
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
-
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
106,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
106,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Turkey
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
106,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.13 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
-1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
abkhaze
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Abchasisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Chewa people
Origin
c. 1650
15th Century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Chewa
Language Position
2827
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
nya
ISO 639 2/B
abk
nya
ISO 639 3
abk
nya
ISO 639 6
abks
nya
Glottocode
abkh1244
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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