Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
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.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
Not Available
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
coréen
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Koreans
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative