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Abkhaz vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Japan  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Europe  

Minority Language
Palau  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
-  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
2  
1

How Many Consonants
14  
4
60  
36

Scripts
Kana  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
амритана  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Амарахь  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
-  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
106,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
-  

Native Name
日本語  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
japonais  
abkhaze  

German Name
Japanisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
1185  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
8  
8
28  
26

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
abk  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
abk  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
abks  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Japanese and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Abkhaz language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Japanese vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Japanese vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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