Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Latvia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Latvian State Language Center
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.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6233
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
29
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6024
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Sveiki
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Paldies
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Labdien
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Labrīt
Please
амритана
lūdzu
Sorry
Амарахь
Piedodiet!
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
-
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Livonian
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Latvia
How Many People Speak
106,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Latvia
How Many People Speak
106,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Sadz
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Turkey
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
106,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.13 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
-2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Lettish
French Name
abkhaze
letton
German Name
Abchasisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
c. 1650
1530
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Latvian
Language Position
289
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ab
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
lav
ISO 639 2/B
abk
lav
ISO 639 3
abk
lav
ISO 639 6
abks
lav
Glottocode
abkh1244
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data Available
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic