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Abkhaz
Abkhaz

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Countries

Countries

Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

34
0 46
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National Language

Abkhazia
Russia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Regulated By

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Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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.
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.

Similar To

Adyghe language, Abaza language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Derived From

Caucasian languages
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

6233
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

210
0 32
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How Many Consonants

6021
9 60
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Scripts

Cyrillic
Cyrillic

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

27 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)

Thank You

Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
спасибо(spasibo)

How Are You?

Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Как дела? (Kak dela?)

Good Night

Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)

Good Evening

Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)

Good Afternoon

Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')

Good Morning

Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)

Please

амритана
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)

Sorry

Амарахь
Извините(Izvinite)

Bye

Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
до свидания(do svidaniya)

I Love You

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Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)

Excuse Me

Извините (Izvinite)
извините(izvinite)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Bzyb
Doukhobor Russian

Where They Speak

Abkhazia
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan

How Many People Speak

106,000.0030,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Abzhywa
Olonets

Where They Speak

Caucasus
Olonets

How Many People Speak

106,000.00154,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Sadz
Novgorod

Where They Speak

Turkey
Novgorod

How Many People Speak

106,000.00154,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

313
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.13 million276.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %2.33 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.13 million166.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

-110.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Русский

Alternative Names

Abxazo, Abkhazian
Russki

French Name

abkhaze
russe

German Name

Abchasisch
Russisch

Pronunciation

[abxaz]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]

Ethnicity

Abkhaz people
Russians

History

Origin

c. 1650
1000 AD

Language Family

Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family

Subgroup

-
Slavic

Branch

-
Eastern

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old East Slavic

Standard Forms

Abkhaz
Standard Russian

Language Position

287
1 120
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Signed Forms

Abkhaz Sign Language
Signed Russian

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ab
ru

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

abk
rus

ISO 639 2/B

abk
rus

ISO 639 3

abk
rus

ISO 639 6

abks
rus

Glottocode

abkh1244
russ1263

Linguasphere

No data Available
53-AAA-ea

Types of Language

Language Type

Historical
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic

Abkhaz and Russian Alphabets

Abkhaz and Russian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Abkhaz and Russian. In Abkhaz Alphabets there are 62 letters while in Russian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Abkhaz and Russian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Abkhaz and Russian languages. The Abkhaz phonology consist Abkhaz vowels and Abkhaz consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Abkhaz greetings vs Russian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Abkhaz and Russian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Abkhaz and Russian Speaking population

Abkhaz and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Abkhaz vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Russian Language Codes

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