Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Not Available
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
sorry
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
somali
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Somalis
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
soma1255
  
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 Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Somali language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Somali Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.