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Abkhaz and Macedonian


Macedonian and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Abkhazia  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

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  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
-  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
26  
16

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
амритана  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
Амарахь  
жал (žal)  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
-  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
2,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
abkhaze  
macédonien  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Macedonian  

Language Position
28  
26
45  
99+

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
mac  

ISO 639 3
abk  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
abks  
mkd  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic  

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

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Abkhaz and Macedonian Speaking population

Abkhaz and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 %. 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 Macedonian on Abkhaz vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Macedonian Language Codes

Abkhaz and Macedonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Abkhaz and Macedonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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