Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
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.
  
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Malayalam
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Tamil
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
Please
Not Available
  
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Kongu
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Kongu
  
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Madurai Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
70.00 million
  
15
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
8.00 million
  
24
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
தமிழ்
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
tamoul
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Tamil
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
300 BC
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Modern Tamil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Tamil
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
ta
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
tam
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
tam
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
tam
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
tam
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
tami1289, oldt1248
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
tami1289
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Abkhaz and Tamil 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 Tamil greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Tamil language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Tamil word for "Thank You" is நன்றி (Naṉṟi). Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Tamil Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Tamil Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Tamil difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Tamil 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 Tamil are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Tamil, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Tamil time required is 44 weeks.