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Swahili
Swahili

Abkhaz
Abkhaz



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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia

Total No. Of Countries

43
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Abkhazia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th 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

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Caucasian languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2462
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

52
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2160
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Cyrillic

Writing Direction

-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks27 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)

Thank You

Asante
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)

Good Night

Usiku mwema
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)

Please

tafadhali
амритана

Sorry

pole
Амарахь

Bye

bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)

I Love You

nakupenda
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Excuse Me

Samahani
Извините (Izvinite)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Bzyb

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Abkhazia

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Abzhywa

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Caucasus

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00106,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Sadz

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Turkey

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00106,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

123
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million0.13 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million0.13 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million-
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Abxazo, Abkhazian

French Name

swahili
abkhaze

German Name

Swahili
Abchasisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[abxaz]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Abkhaz people

History

Origin

6th century
c. 1650

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Northwest Caucasian

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Swahili
Abkhaz

Language Position

2128
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
ab

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
abk

ISO 639 2/B

swa
abk

ISO 639 3

swa
abk

ISO 639 6

swa
abks

Glottocode

swah1254
abkh1244

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative

Swahili and Abkhaz Alphabets

Swahili and Abkhaz Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Abkhaz. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Abkhaz Alphabets there are 62 letters. To learn Swahili and Abkhaz languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Abkhaz languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Abkhaz greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Abkhaz are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Abkhaz Speaking population

Swahili and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % 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 Swahili and Abkhaz on Swahili vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Abkhaz Language Codes

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