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Khasi and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Abkhazia  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
  • 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
-  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
2  
1

How Many Consonants
14  
4
60  
36

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Khublei  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
thia sukh  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

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

Please
Sngewbha  
амритана  

Sorry
Map  
Амарахь  

Bye
khublei  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
-  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
-  
Abkhazia  

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

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
-  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
-  
Turkey  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
-  

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
khasi  
abkhaze  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
40  
37
28  
26

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
abk  

ISO 639 3
kha  
abk  

ISO 639 6
kha  
abks  

Glottocode
khas1269  
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  

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

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Khasi and Abkhaz Speaking population

Khasi and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % 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 Khasi and Abkhaz on Khasi vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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