Abkhaz and Somali
Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Abkhazia
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Hello
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Subax wanaagsan
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
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Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Sadz
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Turkey
Standard Somali
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
abkhaze
somali
German Name
Abchasisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Somalis
Origin
c. 1650
19th century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Somali
Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
abkh1244
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Abkhaz and Somali 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 Somali dialects. Various dialects of Abkhaz and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Abkhaz are spoken in different Abkhaz Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Abkhaz vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb, Abzhywa. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Abkhaz and Somali Speaking population
Abkhaz and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali 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 Somali on Abkhaz vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Abkhaz and Somali Language Codes
Abkhaz and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Abkhaz and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.