Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
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
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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
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Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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)
Bye
mirupafshim
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
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Excuse Me
Më falni
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Abkhazia
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Caucasus
Where They Speak
Italy
Turkey
Second Language Speakers
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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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
alba1267
abkh1244
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Albanian and Abkhaz 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 Albanian and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Abkhaz language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Albanian vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Abkhaz 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 Albanian and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.