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Abkhaz vs Balochi


Balochi vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Abkhazia  
Iran  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
  • Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Kurdish and Persian  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
8  
5

How Many Consonants
60  
36
26  
16

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Perso-Arabic script  

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)  
Salam  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
mana bebahgsh  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
chone tao?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
jawáin shap  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
jawáin begáh  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Not Available  

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

Please
Not Available  
Mihrabani kan  

Sorry
Not Available  
bebaksh / bebagsh  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
bye  

I Love You
Not available  
Tu mana doost biyeh  

Excuse Me
Not available  
mana bebahgsh  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Eastern Balochi  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Western Balochi  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Southern Balochi  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,400,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
بلوچی  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Baluchi  

French Name
abkhaze  
baloutchi  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Belutschisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
19th Century  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Balochi  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
bal  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
bal  

ISO 639 3
abk  
bal  

ISO 639 6
abks  
Not Available  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
balo1260  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
58-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Abkhaz and Balochi Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Balochi language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Balochi language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Abkhaz and Balochi Language History.

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Abkhaz and Balochi 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 Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Balochi language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Abkhaz vs Balochi Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Balochi 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 Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.

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