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Abkhaz Language



Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia

Total No. Of Countries
3 12

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

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
62 36

Phonology

How Many Vowels
2 1

How Many Consonants
60 36

Scripts
Cyrillic

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks 8

Greetings

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)

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb

Where They Speak
Abkhazia

How Many People Speak
106,000.00 78

Dialect 2
Abzhywa

Where They Speak
Caucasus

How Many People Speak
106,000.00 81

Dialect 3
Sadz

Where They Speak
Turkey

How Many People Speak
106,000.00 68

Total No. Of Dialects
3 3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million 92

Speaking Population
0.01 % 62

Native Speakers
0.13 million 89

Second Language Speakers
-

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian

French Name
abkhaze

German Name
Abchasisch

Pronunciation
[abxaz]

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people

History

Origin
c. 1650

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian

Subgroup
-

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
No early forms

Standard Forms
Abkhaz

Language Position
28 26

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language

Scope
Individual

Code

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

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Origin of Abkhaz language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Abkhaz language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Abkhaz language states that it was put to use in c. 1650. The history of Abkhaz language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Abkhaz Language History. Abkhaz has no early forms. Abkhaz is the standard form of Abkhaz language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Abkhaz Language.

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Abkhaz population

Abkhaz population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Abkhaz language. Abkhaz language is spoken by 0.13 million people in the world. Most of the Abkhaz population lies in the Abkhaz Speaking Countries. Abkhaz language is spoken as first language by 0.13 million people and as second language by about - people. Get to know Abkhaz speaking population in detail.

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Abkhaz writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Abkhaz writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Abkhaz language. Some languages share common writing systems. Cyrillic script is used by Abkhaz language. Learn more about . 

Information about Abkhaz language

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