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Abkhaz vs Zulu


Zulu vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Abkhazia   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Pan South African Language Board   

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62   
36
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
7   
4

How Many Consonants
60   
36
50   
35

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
unjani   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Not Available   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
Not Available   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
bye   

I Love You
Not available   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
abkhaze   
zoulou   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
19   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
zul   

ISO 639 3
abk   
zul   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Abkhaz and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Zulu language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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

Abkhaz vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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