Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
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.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
62
Rank: 36 (Overall)
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
0
32
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How Many Consonants
60
Rank: 36 (Overall)
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks
Rank: 8 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
амритана
Sorry
Амарахь
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
-
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
106,000.00
Rank: 78 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
106,000.00
Rank: 81 (Overall)
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Sadz
Where They Speak
Turkey
How Many People Speak
106,000.00
Rank: 68 (Overall)
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
Rank: 92 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %
Rank: 62 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.13 million
Rank: 89 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
-
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
abkhaze
German Name
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Origin
c. 1650
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
Branch
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Language Position
28
Rank: 26 (Overall)
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
ISO 639 2/B
abk
ISO 639 3
abk
ISO 639 6
abks
Glottocode
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative