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Abkhaz and Swahili


Swahili and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
4   
11

National Language
Abkhazia   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

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   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62   
36
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
5   
2

How Many Consonants
60   
36
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
Habari   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
Asante   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Not Available   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Not Available   
pole   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
bye   

I Love You
Not available   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Zanzibar island   

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million   
99+
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

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

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
abkhaze   
swahili   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
6th century   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
swa   

ISO 639 3
abk   
swa   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
99-AUS-m   

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

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Abkhaz and Swahili Speaking population

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Abkhaz and Swahili Language Codes

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