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Abkhaz vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Abkhazia   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

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   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62   
36
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
5   
2

How Many Consonants
60   
36
26   
16

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Not Available   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
Not Available   
жал (žal)   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Not available   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
abkhaze   
macédonien   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Macedonian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
mac   

ISO 639 3
abk   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic   

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Abkhaz and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Macedonian language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. 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 Macedonian Language History.

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

Abkhaz vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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