Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Not Available
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Not available
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
albanais
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Albanians
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Abkhaz and Albanian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Abkhaz and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Albanian language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Albanian Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Albanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Abkhaz and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.