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Abkhaz vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Abkhazia  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
9  
6

How Many Consonants
60  
36
41  
30

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
амритана  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Амарахь  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
-  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
-  
54.30 million  
17

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
abkhaze  
pendjabi  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
28  
26
23  
21

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
pan  

ISO 639 3
abk  
pan  

ISO 639 6
abks  
panj  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Abkhaz and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Punjabi language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Punjabi Language History.

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Abkhaz and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Punjabi language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Abkhaz vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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