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Abkhaz and Zulu


Zulu 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  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Pan South African Language Board  

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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
7  
4

How Many Consonants
60  
36
50  
35

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)  
Sawubona  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
unjani  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
okuhle ntambama  

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

Please
Not Available  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
Not Available  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
bye  

I Love You
Not available  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
Not available  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Gabon, South Africa  

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Georgia, South Africa  

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
abkhaze  
zoulou  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
19  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
Not Available  
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
zul  

ISO 639 3
abk  
zul  

ISO 639 6
abks  
Not Available  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
99-AUT-fg  

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

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Abkhaz and Zulu Speaking population

Abkhaz and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Abkhaz vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Zulu Language Codes

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

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