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Abkhaz and Croatian


Croatian and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
9  
7

National Language
Abkhazia  
Austria  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
25  
15

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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)  
bok  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
hvala  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
kako si  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
dobra večer  

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  

Sorry
Амарахь  
Oprostite  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
-  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Hrvatski  

French Name
abkhaze  
croate  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Croats  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
9th century  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
28  
26
23  
21

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
abk  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
abks  
hrv  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Abkhaz and Croatian Speaking population

Abkhaz and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Abkhaz vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Croatian Language Codes

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