Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Not Available
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Abkhaz and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Punjabi language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.