Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6220
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
25
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6010
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Hello
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Night pai
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Morning pai
Please
амритана
Tēnā
Sorry
Амарахь
Aroha mai
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
poroporoaki
I Love You
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Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Bzyb
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
106,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Caucasus
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
106,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Turkey
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
106,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.13 million0.18 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million0.18 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-0.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
New Zealand Maori
French Name
abkhaze
maori
German Name
Abchasisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Māori people
Origin
c. 1650
1814
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Polynesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Maori
Language Position
2826
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
mri
ISO 639 2/B
abk
mao
ISO 639 3
abk
mri
ISO 639 6
abks
mri
Glottocode
abkh1244
maor1246
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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