Somali and Abkhaz
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
Somalia
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
- 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
Afar and Oromo Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Evening Good
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Bye
caraysiiyo
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
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Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Abkhazia
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Caucasus
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Sadz
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Turkey
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
af Soomaali
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
somali
abkhaze
German Name
Somali
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Abkhaz people
Origin
19th century
c. 1650
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Northwest Caucasian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
soma1255
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Somali 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 Somali and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Abkhaz Speaking population
Somali and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % 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 Somali and Abkhaz on Somali vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Abkhaz Language Codes
Somali and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.