Countries
South Africa
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
South Africa
Abkhazia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
hallo
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Dankie
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
goeie nag
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
goeie more
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
asseblief
Not Available
Sorry
jammer
Not Available
Bye
Not Available
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Not available
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Not available
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Not Available
Abkhazia
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Not Available
Caucasus
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Sadz
Where They Speak
Namibia
Turkey
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
afrikaans
abkhaze
German Name
Afrikaans
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Abkhaz people
Origin
17th Century
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
abkh1244
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative
All Afrikaans and Abkhaz Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Abkhaz Speaking population
Afrikaans and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Abkhaz on Afrikaans vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Abkhaz Language Codes
Afrikaans and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
