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Abkhaz vs Somali


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Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
Abkhazia  
Somalia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Yemen  

Regulated By
-  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Hello  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Habeenka Good  

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

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
амритана  
Fadlan  

Sorry
Амарахь  
sorry  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
-  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
abkhaze  
somali  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Somalis  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
19th century  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Somali  

Language Position
28  
26
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
som  

ISO 639 3
abk  
som  

ISO 639 6
abks  
som  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Abkhaz and Somali Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Somali language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Somali Language History.

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

Abkhaz vs Somali Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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