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Amharic and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Ethiopia   
Abkhazia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
2   
1

How Many Consonants
31   
21
60   
36

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   

Please
i'bakwon   
Not Available   

Sorry
aznallehu   
Not Available   

Bye
tschao   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Not available   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Abkhazia   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Caucasus   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Turkey   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
0.13 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
amharique   
abkhaze   

German Name
Amharisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
13th century   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Abkhaz   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
abk   

ISO 639 3
amh   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
amha1245   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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All Amharic 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 Amharic and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Amharic and Abkhaz Speaking population

Amharic and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available. 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 Amharic and Abkhaz on Amharic vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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