Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
-
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Telugu
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6249
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
214
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6035
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, 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)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
амритана
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Амарахь
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
-
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Badaga
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
106,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Urali
Where They Speak
Caucasus
kerala
How Many People Speak
106,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Turkey
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
106,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.13 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
abkhaze
kannada
German Name
Abchasisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Kannadiga
Origin
c. 1650
c. 450
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Modern Kannada
Language Position
2831
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
kan
ISO 639 2/B
abk
kan
ISO 639 3
abk
kan
ISO 639 6
abks
kan
Glottocode
abkh1244
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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