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Igbo and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Nigeria  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
  • 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
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
-  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
2  
1

How Many Consonants
28  
18
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
dalụ  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
Biko  
амритана  

Sorry
Ndo  
Амарахь  

Bye
Kachifo  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
-  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
-  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
24.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.09 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
24.00 million  
28
-  

Native Name
igbo  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
igbo  
abkhaze  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Kwa  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
57  
99+
28  
26

Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
abk  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
abk  

ISO 639 6
ibo  
abks  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Igbo and Abkhaz Speaking population

Igbo and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % 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 Igbo and Abkhaz on Igbo vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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