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Abkhaz vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Abkhazia   
Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
62   
36
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
6   
3

How Many Consonants
60   
36
22   
12

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Not Available   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Not Available   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Not available   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Not Available   

French Name
abkhaze   
ukrainien   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
1561   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
abk   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Abkhaz and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Ukrainian language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Abkhaz and Ukrainian Language History.

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Abkhaz and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Ukrainian language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Abkhaz vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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