Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Ethiopia
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
-
-
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Caucasian languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6233
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
27
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6031
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Selam
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
амритана
i'bakwon
Sorry
Амарахь
aznallehu
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
tschao
I Love You
-
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Gondar
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Gondar
How Many People Speak
106,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
106,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Showa
Where They Speak
Turkey
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
106,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.13 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
abkhaze
amharique
German Name
Abchasisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Amharas
Origin
c. 1650
13th century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Amharic
Language Position
2855
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
amh
ISO 639 2/B
abk
amh
ISO 639 3
abk
amh
ISO 639 6
abks
amh
Glottocode
abkh1244
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data Available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional