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Abkhaz and Kirundi


Kirundi and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
12.00 million  
38

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  

History

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
28  
26
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

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  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Abkhaz and Kirundi Speaking population

Abkhaz and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. 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 Kirundi on Abkhaz vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Kirundi Language Codes

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