Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
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Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Caucasian languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6231
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
25
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6026
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
амритана
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Амарахь
жал (žal)
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
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Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
106,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Debar
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
106,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Turkey
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
106,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
328
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.13 million2.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million2.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
abkhaze
macédonien
German Name
Abchasisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Macedonians
Origin
c. 1650
2200 BC
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Macedonian
Language Position
2845
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
abk
mac
ISO 639 3
abk
mkd
ISO 639 6
abks
mkd
Glottocode
abkh1244
mace1250
Linguasphere
No data Available
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic