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Abkhaz and Yoruba


Yoruba and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Abkhazia  
Nigeria  

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  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Yoruba 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.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
62  
36
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
12  
9

How Many Consonants
60  
36
17  
7

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
e kaaro  

Please
амритана  
Jowo  

Sorry
Амарахь  
binu  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
bye  

I Love You
-  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
-  
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
abkhaze  
yoruba  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
4 BC  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
28  
26
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
yor  

ISO 639 3
abk  
yor  

ISO 639 6
abks  
yor  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Abkhaz and Yoruba Speaking population

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

Abkhaz and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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