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Abkhaz and Somali


Somali and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

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
Not Available   
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

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

Alphabets
62   
36
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
5   
2

How Many Consonants
60   
36
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

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   

Please
Not Available   
Fadlan   

Sorry
Not Available   
sorry   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Not available   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Not available   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Somalis   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
19th century   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
som   

ISO 639 3
abk   
som   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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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.

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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 Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. 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.

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