Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Hindi Language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
29
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6041
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
амритана
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Амарахь
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
-
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
106,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
106,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Doabi
Where They Speak
Turkey
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
106,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
330
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.13 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
abkhaze
pendjabi
German Name
Abchasisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Punjabis
Origin
c. 1650
1000 AD
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
2823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ab
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
pan
ISO 639 2/B
abk
pan
ISO 639 3
abk
pan
ISO 639 6
abks
panj
Glottocode
abkh1244
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional