Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
China, Mongolia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
Not Available
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
mongol
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available