Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
35
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
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The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Caucasian languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6240
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
221
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6019
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Hangul
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
амритана
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Амарахь
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
-
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Jeju
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
South Korea
How Many People Speak
106,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Caucasus
South Korea
How Many People Speak
106,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Turkey
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
106,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.13 million77.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %1.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million77.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
abkhaze
coréen
German Name
Abchasisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Koreans
Origin
c. 1650
Before 1st century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
2812
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
kor
ISO 639 2/B
abk
kor
ISO 639 3
abk
Kor
ISO 639 6
abks
kor
Glottocode
abkh1244
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data Available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative