Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
European Union, Latvia
  
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 in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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!
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Abkhaz and Latvian Speaking population
Abkhaz and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. 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 Latvian on Abkhaz vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Abkhaz and Latvian Language Codes
Abkhaz and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Abkhaz and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.