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Abkhaz vs Estonian


Estonian vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Abkhazia  
Estonia, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Finnish  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
9  
6

How Many Consonants
60  
36
18  
8

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Tere  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Not Available  
Palun  

Sorry
Not Available  
Vabandust  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Head aega  

I Love You
Not available  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Not available  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Georgia, South Estonia  

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Eesti keel  

French Name
abkhaze  
estonien  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Estonians  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
13th century  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Estonian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
est  

ISO 639 3
abk  
est  

ISO 639 6
abks  
Not Available  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
esto1258  

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  
Agglutinative  

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Abkhaz and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Estonian language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Abkhaz vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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