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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
-  
-  

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
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
-  
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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
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  
амритана  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Амарахь  

Bye
tschao  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
-  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
106,000.00  
99+

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 %  
37
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
-  

Native Name
አማርኛ  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

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

French Name
amharique  
abkhaze  

German Name
Amharisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
13th century  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
55  
99+
28  
26

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

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
amh  
abks  

Glottocode
amha1245  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
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 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 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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