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Abkhaz and Albanian


Albanian and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Abkhazia   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Romanian   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
62   
36
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
7   
4

How Many Consonants
60   
36
29   
19

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
mirëdita   

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

Please
Not Available   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
Not Available   
Me fal   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
Not available   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Gheg Albanian   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million   
99+
7.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Not Available   

French Name
abkhaze   
albanais   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Albanians   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Standard Albanian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
alb   

ISO 639 3
abk   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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

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Abkhaz and Albanian Speaking population

Abkhaz and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available. 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 Abkhaz and Albanian on Abkhaz vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Albanian Language Codes

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

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