Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
36
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
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Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6227
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
25
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6023
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Hola
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Gràcies
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Com estàs?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Bona nit
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Bona tarda
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Bon dia
Please
амритана
Sisplau
Sorry
Амарахь
Perdó!
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Adéu
I Love You
-
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Caló
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
106,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Valencian
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Spain
How Many People Speak
106,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Sadz
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Turkey
Spain
How Many People Speak
106,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.13 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
-5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
català
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
abkhaze
catalan; valencien
German Name
Abchasisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Catalan people
Origin
c. 1650
c. 1028
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
2832
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
cat
ISO 639 2/B
abk
cat
ISO 639 3
abk
cat
ISO 639 6
abks
cat
Glottocode
abkh1244
stan1289
Linguasphere
No data Available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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