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Abkhaz vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
3  
12

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Abkhazia  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Latin  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
2  
1

How Many Consonants
16  
6
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
grazie  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

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

Please
Per Favore  
амритана  

Sorry
scusate  
Амарахь  

Bye
arrivederci  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Ti amo  
-  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
106,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
-  

Native Name
Italiano  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
italien  
abkhaze  

German Name
Italienisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
960 BC  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
27  
25
28  
26

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
abk  

ISO 639 3
ita  
abk  

ISO 639 6
itas  
abks  

Glottocode
ital1282  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Italian and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Abkhaz language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Italian vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Italian vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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