Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
Abkhazia
Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Not Available
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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.
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
French Language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
hola
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Gracias
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Cómo estás?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Buenos Días
Please
Not Available
Por Favor
Sorry
Not Available
triste
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
adiós
I Love You
Not available
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Not available
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Mexico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Cuba
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Sadz
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Turkey
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Español
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
abkhaze
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Abchasisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Not Available
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
abks
Not Available
Glottocode
abkh1244
stan1288
Linguasphere
No data Available
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic