Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Not Available
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
kannada
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available