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Abkhaz vs French


French vs Abkhaz


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Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
32   
3

National Language
Abkhazia   
France   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62   
36
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
6   
3

How Many Consonants
60   
36
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
bonjour   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
Merci   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
bon Après-Midi   

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

Please
Not Available   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
Not Available   
désolé   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
au revoir   

I Love You
Not available   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
African French   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Africa   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
français   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Français   

French Name
abkhaze   
français   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
9th Century   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Standard French   

Language Position
Not Available   
13   
12

Signed Forms
Not Available   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
fre   

ISO 639 3
abk   
fra   

ISO 639 6
abks   
fras   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Abkhaz and French Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and French language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French Language History.

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

Abkhaz vs French Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.

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