Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
Portugal
Abkhazia
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- 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
Spanish and Galician Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Latin
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Olá
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
obrigado
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Como você está?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
boa noite
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
boa Noite
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
bom Dia
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Por Favor
Not Available
Sorry
pesaroso
Not Available
Bye
tchau
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Eu te amo
Not available
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Not available
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Brazil
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Portugal
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Sadz
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Português
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
portugais
abkhaze
German Name
Portugiesisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Abkhaz people
Origin
3rd Century
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Abkhaz
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
port1283
abkh1244
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Abkhaz language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.