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Abkhaz and Xhosa


Xhosa and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Abkhazia   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho   

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62   
36
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
10   
7

How Many Consonants
60   
36
43   
32

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
Molo   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
Unjani   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

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

Please
Not Available   
Ndicela   

Sorry
Not Available   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Not available   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million   
99+
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
abkhaze   
xhosa   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
16th 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   
isiXhosa   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
xho   

ISO 639 3
abk   
xho   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Abkhaz and Xhosa Speaking population

Abkhaz and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Abkhaz vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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