Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
Not Available
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Not available
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic, Isolating