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Abkhaz and German


German and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
7  
8

National Language
Abkhazia  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
10  
7

How Many Consonants
60  
36
9  
1

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
hallo  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Danke  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
guten Tag  

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

Please
Not Available  
bitte  

Sorry
Not Available  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Not available  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Not available  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
abkhaze  
allemand  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Germans  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
Not Available  
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
ger  

ISO 639 3
abk  
deu  

ISO 639 6
abks  
deus  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Abkhaz and German Speaking population

Abkhaz and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and German languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Abkhaz vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and German Language Codes

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

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