Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Sweden
Abkhazia
Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2962
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
92
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1860
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hej
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
tacka dig
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
hur mår du
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
godnatt
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
god kväll
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
god morgon
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
vänligen
амритана
Sorry
ledsen
Амарахь
Bye
hej då
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
jag älskar dig
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Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Dialects
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Gabon
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dialects
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Georgia
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Dialects
Sadz
Where They Speak
France
Turkey
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
793
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
15.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.70 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
Svenska
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
suédois
abkhaze
German Name
Schwedisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Abkhaz people
Origin
13th Century
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Germanic
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Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Swedish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Abkhaz
Language Position
8928
1
120
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Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sv
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swe
abk
ISO 639 2/B
swe
abk
ISO 639 3
swe
abk
ISO 639 6
swe
abks
Glottocode
swed1254
abkh1244
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative