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Abkhaz and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
-  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
2  
1

How Many Consonants
23  
13
60  
36

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
амритана  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Амарахь  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
-  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Wu  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Yue  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
106,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
-  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
chinois  
abkhaze  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
1  
1
28  
26

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
abk  

ISO 639 3
zho  
abk  

ISO 639 6
zho  
abks  

Glottocode
sini1245  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Chinese and Abkhaz Speaking population

Chinese and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Abkhaz on Chinese vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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