Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Japan
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Not Available
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
japonais
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
1185
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Japanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Abkhaz and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Japanese language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Japanese Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.