Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6226
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
28
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6016
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Kia ora
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Kia ora
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Ne y yibeogo
Please
амритана
gafare
Sorry
Амарахь
gafare
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
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Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
106,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Saremde
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
106,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Taolende
Where They Speak
Turkey
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
106,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.13 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Mosse
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
abkhaze
moré
German Name
Abchasisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Mossi
Origin
c. 1650
11th Century AD
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Mossi
Language Position
2837
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
mos
ISO 639 2/B
abk
mos
ISO 639 3
abk
mos
ISO 639 6
abks
mos
Glottocode
abkh1244
moss1236
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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