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Abkhaz and Pashto


Pashto and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Abkhazia   
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   

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   
Pakistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)   

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.
  
  • Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
  • The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Persian and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62   
36
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
7   
4

How Many Consonants
60   
36
29   
19

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
(salaam) سلام   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير   

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   

Please
Not Available   
(lotfan) لطفا   

Sorry
Not Available   
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   

I Love You
Not available   
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)   

Excuse Me
Not available   
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Central Pashto   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,500,000.00   
14

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Northern Pashto   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Wanetsi   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
(paṧto) پښتو   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   

French Name
abkhaze   
pachto   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Paschtu   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Pashtun   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
1651   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto   

Language Position
Not Available   
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
ps   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
pus   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
pus   

ISO 639 3
abk   
pus   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
pash1269   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
58-ABD-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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

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Abkhaz and Pashto Speaking population

Abkhaz and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. 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 Pashto on Abkhaz vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Pashto Language Codes

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

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