Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Not Available
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
marathe
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available