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Abkhaz and Shona


Shona and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Abkhazia   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62   
36
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
5   
2

How Many Consonants
60   
36
46   
34

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Masikati   

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

Please
Not Available   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
Not Available   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
bye   

I Love You
Not available   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
abkhaze   
shona   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
20th century   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Not Available   

Language Position
Not Available   
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
sna   

ISO 639 3
abk   
sna   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
core1255   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Abkhaz and Shona Speaking population

Abkhaz and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Abkhaz vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Shona Language Codes

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

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