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Korean and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
-  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
2  
1

How Many Consonants
19  
9
60  
36

Scripts
Hangul  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
амритана  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Амарахь  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
-  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
106,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
-  

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
coréen  
abkhaze  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
12  
11
28  
26

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
abk  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
abk  

ISO 639 6
kor  
abks  

Glottocode
kore1280  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Korean and Abkhaz Speaking population

Korean and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % 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 Korean and Abkhaz on Korean vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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