Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.