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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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