Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
Not Available
  
gafare
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
gafare
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
moré
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Mossi
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Mossi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
moss1236
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Abkhaz and Mossi 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 Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Mossi language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Mossi Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Mossi 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 Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.