Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
India
National Language
Abkhazia
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Munda Language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
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Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Henda ho
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Boge Setak’
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Hariau
I Love You
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ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
India
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Not present
Where They Speak
Caucasus
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Not present
Where They Speak
Turkey
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
abkhaze
santal
German Name
Abchasisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
c. 1650
20th century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Santali
Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
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No data available
Glottocode
abkh1244
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Abkhaz and Santali 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 Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Santali language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Santali Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Santali 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 Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Santali time required is 44 weeks.