Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6221
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
25
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6019
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Bwakeye
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Urakoze
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Mwaramutse
Please
амритана
Ndagusavye
Sorry
Амарахь
Ndasubiza
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
N’agasaga
I Love You
-
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
106,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Ha
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
106,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Sadz
Shubi
Where They Speak
Turkey
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
106,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
-12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
abkhaze
rundi
German Name
Abchasisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
c. 1650
1500
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Kirundi
Language Position
2886
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ab
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
run
ISO 639 2/B
abk
run
ISO 639 3
abk
run
ISO 639 6
abks
run
Glottocode
abkh1244
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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