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Abkhaz and Amharic


Amharic and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Abkhazia   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
62   
36
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
7   
4

How Many Consonants
60   
36
31   
21

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
Selam   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Not Available   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Not Available   
aznallehu   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
tschao   

I Love You
Not available   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Not available   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
abkhaze   
amharique   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Amharas   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
13th century   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
amh   

ISO 639 3
abk   
amh   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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

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Abkhaz and Amharic Speaking population

Abkhaz and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Abkhaz vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Amharic Language Codes

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

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