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Albanian and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Abkhazia  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • 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
Romanian  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
-  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
2  
1

How Many Consonants
29  
19
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

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

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

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

Please
Ju lutem  
амритана  

Sorry
Me fal  
Амарахь  

Bye
mirupafshim  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
-  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
-  

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
albanais  
abkhaze  

German Name
Albanisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
14  
13
28  
26

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
abk  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
abk  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
abks  

Glottocode
alba1267  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Albanian and Abkhaz Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Albanian and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Abkhaz Speaking population

Albanian and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Abkhaz on Albanian vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Abkhaz Language Codes

Albanian and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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