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Amharic vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Ethiopia  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
2  
1

How Many Consonants
31  
21
60  
36

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
i'bakwon  
Not Available  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Not Available  

Bye
tschao  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Not available  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Abkhazia  

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Caucasus  

Dialect 3
Showa  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
Not Available  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
amharique  
abkhaze  

German Name
Amharisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
13th century  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
55  
40
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
abk  

ISO 639 3
amh  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
amha1245  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Amharic and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Abkhaz language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Amharic and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Amharic vs Abkhaz Difficulty

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

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