Countries
Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
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.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
62
Rank: 36 (Overall)
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
0
32
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How Many Consonants
60
Rank: 36 (Overall)
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
Not Available
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks
Rank: 8 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Not Available
Sorry
Not Available
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Not available
Excuse Me
Not available
Dialects
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
Not Available
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Sadz
Where They Speak
Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
Rank: 92 (Overall)
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
Not Available
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.13 million
Rank: 89 (Overall)
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
abkhaze
German Name
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
History
Origin
c. 1650
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Language Position
Not Available
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
ISO 639 2/B
abk
ISO 639 3
abk
ISO 639 6
abks
Glottocode
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative