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Abkhaz and Malagasy


Malagasy and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Abkhazia  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Salama!  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Manao ahoana e  

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

Please
Not Available  
azafady  

Sorry
Not Available  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Veloma!  

I Love You
Not available  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
Not available  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
Not Available  

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.28 %  
40

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
18.00 million  
38

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
abkhaze  
malgache  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Austronesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
Not Available  
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
abk  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
abks  
Not Available  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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

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Abkhaz and Malagasy Speaking population

Abkhaz and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Abkhaz vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Malagasy Language Codes

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

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