Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
India
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
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.
  
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
santal
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Santali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Abkhaz and Santali 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 Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Santali language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Santali Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Santali 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 Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.