Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6237
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
25
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6046
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Mhoro
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Masikati
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Mangwanani
Please
амритана
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Амарахь
Ndineurombo
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
bye
I Love You
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Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
106,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Karanga
Where They Speak
Caucasus
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
106,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Turkey
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
106,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.13 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
abkhaze
shona
German Name
Abchasisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Shona people
Origin
c. 1650
20th century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Standard Shona
Language Position
28107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
sna
ISO 639 2/B
abk
sna
ISO 639 3
abk
sna
ISO 639 6
abks
sna
Glottocode
abkh1244
core1255
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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