Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
-
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Finnish
Derived From
Caucasian languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6227
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
29
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6018
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Tere
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
aitäh
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Head ööd
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Tere päevast
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Tere hommikust
Please
амритана
Palun
Sorry
Амарахь
Vabandust
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Head aega
I Love You
-
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
106,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Tartu
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
106,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Turkey
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
106,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.13 million1.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million0.95 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-1.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Eesti keel
French Name
abkhaze
estonien
German Name
Abchasisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Estonians
Origin
c. 1650
13th century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Uralic Family
Subgroup
-
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Estonian
Language Position
2822
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ab
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
est
ISO 639 2/B
abk
est
ISO 639 3
abk
est
ISO 639 6
abks
est
Glottocode
abkh1244
esto1258
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative