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Abkhaz vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
10  
6

National Language
Abkhazia  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
62  
36
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
9  
6

How Many Consonants
60  
36
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Olá  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
bom Dia  

Please
амритана  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Амарахь  
pesaroso  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
tchau  

I Love You
-  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
-  
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Português  

French Name
abkhaze  
portugais  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Portuguese  

Language Position
28  
26
6  
6

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
por  

ISO 639 3
abk  
por  

ISO 639 6
abks  
por  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Abkhaz and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Portuguese language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Abkhaz and Portuguese Language History.

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Abkhaz and Portuguese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Abkhaz and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Portuguese language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Abkhaz vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Portuguese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Abkhaz and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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