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Abkhaz and Chewa


Chewa and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Abkhazia   
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

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   
Zambia   

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.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62   
36
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
5   
2

How Many Consonants
60   
36
18   
8

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
Moni   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
Not Available   
Chonde   

Sorry
Not Available   
pepani   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
Not available   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Malawi, Zambia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
Nyanja   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   

French Name
abkhaze   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
15th Century   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Chewa   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
nya   

ISO 639 3
abk   
nya   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
99-AUS-xaa – xag   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Abkhaz and Chewa Speaking population

Abkhaz and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Chewa on Abkhaz vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Chewa Language Codes

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

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