Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Abkhazia
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Not Available
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Albanian Languages
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)
Danke
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
guten Tag
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
guten Morgen
Please
Not Available
bitte
Sorry
Not Available
Verzeihung
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Tschüs
I Love You
Not available
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Not available
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Sadz
Texas German
Where They Speak
Turkey
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
abkhaze
allemand
German Name
Abchasisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Germans
Origin
c. 1650
6th Century AD
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
abkh1244
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Abkhaz and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and German language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs German Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.