Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Abkhazia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Not Available
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Hallo
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
dankjewel
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
goedemorgen
Please
Not Available
alsjeblieft
Sorry
Not Available
sorry
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
vaarwel
I Love You
Not available
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Not available
pardon
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Sadz
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Turkey
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
abkhaze
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Abchasisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Dutch people
Origin
c. 1650
AD 450-500
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Standard Dutch
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
abks
Not Available
Glottocode
abkh1244
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Historical
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Abkhaz and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Dutch language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Dutch Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.