Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Abkhazia
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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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Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Habari
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Asante
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
амритана
tafadhali
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
bye
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Samahani
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Dar es Salaam
Where They Speak
Turkey
Kilwa
Second Language Speakers
-
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
abkhaze
swahili
German Name
Abchasisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
c. 1650
6th century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Swahili
Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
abkh1244
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Abkhaz and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Abkhaz and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Abkhaz are spoken in different Abkhaz Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Abkhaz vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb, Abzhywa. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Abkhaz and Swahili Speaking population
Abkhaz and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Abkhaz vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Abkhaz and Swahili Language Codes
Abkhaz and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Abkhaz and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.