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Abkhaz and Latvian


Latvian and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Abkhazia   
Latvia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Latvian State Language Center   

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.
  
  • The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
  • The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62   
36
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
9   
6

How Many Consonants
60   
36
24   
14

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Labdien   

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

Please
Not Available   
lūdzu   

Sorry
Not Available   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Not available   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Latvia   

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Lettish   

French Name
abkhaze   
letton   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
1530   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Baltic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Latvian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
lav   

ISO 639 3
abk   
lav   

ISO 639 6
abks   
not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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

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Abkhaz and Latvian Speaking population

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Abkhaz and Latvian Language Codes

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