Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
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
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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 in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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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
амритана
tafadhali
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
bye
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Samahani
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Dar es Salaam
Where They Speak
Turkey
Kilwa
Second Language Speakers
-
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
abkhaze
swahili
German Name
Abchasisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
c. 1650
6th century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Swahili
Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
abkh1244
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Abkhaz and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Swahili language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Swahili Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.