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Abkhaz and Yoruba


Yoruba and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Abkhazia   
Nigeria   

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   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Yoruba Academy   

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 largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
62   
36
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
12   
9

How Many Consonants
60   
36
17   
7

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
e kaasan   

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

Please
Not Available   
Jowo   

Sorry
Not Available   
binu   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
bye   

I Love You
Not available   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Not available   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
abkhaze   
yoruba   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
4 BC   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
Not Available   
49   
36

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
yor   

ISO 639 3
abk   
yor   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Abkhaz and Yoruba Speaking population

Abkhaz and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Abkhaz vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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