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Yoruba and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Nigeria  
Abkhazia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
-  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
2  
1

How Many Consonants
17  
7
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
e dupe  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
Jowo  
амритана  

Sorry
binu  
Амарахь  

Bye
bye  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
-  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
-  

Native Name
Yorùbá  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
yoruba  
abkhaze  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
4 BC  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
-  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
49  
99+
28  
26

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
abk  

ISO 639 3
yor  
abk  

ISO 639 6
yor  
abks  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Yoruba and Abkhaz Speaking population

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

Yoruba and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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