Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
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 in
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Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Bye
bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Excuse Me
Samahani
Извините (Izvinite)
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Abkhazia
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Caucasus
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Turkey
Second Language Speakers
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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
Origin
6th century
c. 1650
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Northwest Caucasian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
abkh1244
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data Available
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 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 Swahili and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Abkhaz language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Swahili vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.