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Finnish vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Abkhazia  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
-  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
2  
1

How Many Consonants
13  
3
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
haluta  
амритана  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Амарахь  

Bye
Heippa  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
-  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Turkey  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
-  

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
finnois  
abkhaze  

German Name
Finnisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
1543  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
22  
20
28  
26

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
abk  

ISO 639 3
fin  
abk  

ISO 639 6
fin  
abks  

Glottocode
finn1318  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Finnish and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Abkhaz language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Finnish vs Abkhaz Difficulty

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

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