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Albanian vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Abkhazia   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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  • 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
Romanian   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
2   
1

How Many Consonants
29   
19
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

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

Please
Ju lutem   
Not Available   

Sorry
Me fal   
Not Available   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Abkhazia   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Caucasus   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Turkey   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
albanais   
abkhaze   

German Name
Albanisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Abkhaz   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
abk   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
alba1267   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Albanian and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Abkhaz language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650. 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 Albanian and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Albanian vs Abkhaz Difficulty

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

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