Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6234
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
28
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6026
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Salam
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
chone tao?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
jawáin sawáh
Please
амритана
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
Амарахь
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
bye
I Love You
-
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
106,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
106,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Sadz
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Turkey
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
106,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
-8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Baluchi
French Name
abkhaze
baloutchi
German Name
Abchasisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
c. 1650
19th Century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Balochi
Language Position
2839
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
bal
ISO 639 2/B
abk
bal
ISO 639 3
abk
bal
ISO 639 6
abks
bal
Glottocode
abkh1244
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data Available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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