Countries
Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
China
Total No. Of Countries
3
12
1
14
National Language
Abkhazia
China
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Gokturk Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
62
36
36
18
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2
1
9
6
How Many Consonants
60
36
27
17
Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
Not Available
5
4
Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks
8
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
rakhmat
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Not Available
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Please
Not Available
birdam
Sorry
Not Available
kachurung
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Khayr khosh
I Love You
Not available
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
Not available
Kachurung
Dialects
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Turpan
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
China
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Hotan
Where They Speak
Caucasus
China
Dialect 3
Sadz
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Turkey
China
Total No. Of Dialects
3
3
7
7
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
99+
10.40 million
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
0.12 %
99+
Native Speakers
0.13 million
99+
8.20 million
99+
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
abkhaze
ouïgour
German Name
Abchasisch
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Uyghur
History
Origin
c. 1650
11
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Uyghur
Language Position
Not Available
98
99+
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
Code
ISO 639 1
ab
ug
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
uig
ISO 639 2/B
abk
uig
ISO 639 3
abk
uig
ISO 639 6
abks
Not Available
Glottocode
abkh1244
uigh1240
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
