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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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