Countries
Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6224
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
25
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6021
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
NA3
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Habari
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Asante
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Not Available
tafadhali
Sorry
Not Available
pole
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
bye
I Love You
Not available
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Not available
Samahani
Dialects
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Sadz
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Turkey
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million150.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.13 million15.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
-9999
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
abkhaze
swahili
German Name
Abchasisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Swahili people or Waswahili
History
Origin
c. 1650
6th century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Swahili
Language Position
NANA
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
ab
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
swa
ISO 639 2/B
abk
swa
ISO 639 3
abk
swa
ISO 639 6
abks
Not Available
Glottocode
abkh1244
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available