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Abkhaz and Meithei


Meithei and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Abkhazia  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

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  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

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.
  
  • Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
  • The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
6  
3

How Many Consonants
60  
36
15  
5

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Bengali  

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)  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
মানিপুরি  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
амритана  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
Амарахь  
Saobiganu  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
-  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
দুঃখিত  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
273,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
1,250,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  

French Name
abkhaze  
Meithei  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
1700  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
28  
26
38  
35

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Meithei Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
mni  

ISO 639 3
abk  
mni  

ISO 639 6
abks  
mni  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Abkhaz and Meithei Speaking population

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

Abkhaz and Meithei Language Codes

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

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