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Abkhaz and Norwegian


Norwegian and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Abkhazia  
Norway  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
-  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
9  
6

How Many Consonants
60  
36
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
hallo  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
takk  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
god natt  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
god morgen  

Please
амритана  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Амарахь  
unnskyld  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
ha det  

I Love You
-  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Norsk  

French Name
abkhaze  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
28  
26
18  
16

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
nor  

ISO 639 3
abk  
nor  

ISO 639 6
abks  
nor  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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

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Abkhaz and Norwegian Speaking population

Abkhaz and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Abkhaz vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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