Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
Germany
Abkhazia
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
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Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
hallo
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Danke
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
gute Nacht
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
guten Abend
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Bye
Tschüs
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
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Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Abkhazia
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Germany
Caucasus
Dialect 3
Texas German
Sadz
Where They Speak
Texas
Turkey
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Deutsch
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
allemand
abkhaze
German Name
Deutsch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Germans
Abkhaz people
Origin
6th Century AD
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Signed German
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
abkh1244
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
All German 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 German and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of German and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Abkhaz Speaking population
German and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of German and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Abkhaz on German vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Abkhaz Language Codes
German and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.