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Croatian vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
3  
12

National Language
Austria  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
2  
1

How Many Consonants
25  
15
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
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
bok  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
hvala  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
kako si  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
laku noć  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

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

Please
molim  
амритана  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Амарахь  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Volim te  
-  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
106,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
-  

Native Name
hrvatski  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
croate  
abkhaze  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
9th century  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
23  
21
28  
26

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
abk  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
abk  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
abks  

Glottocode
croa1245  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Croatian and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Abkhaz language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Croatian and Abkhaz Language History.

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Croatian 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 Croatian and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Abkhaz language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Croatian vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Croatian vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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