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Basque vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
France, Spain  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • 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
Spanish  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
2  
1

How Many Consonants
21  
11
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Gabon  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

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

Please
Mesedez  
Not Available  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Not Available  

Bye
Agur  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
France  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

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

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
basque  
abkhaze  

German Name
Baskisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Abkhaz  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
abk  

ISO 639 3
eus  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
basq1248  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Basque and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Abkhaz language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 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 Basque and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Basque vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Basque vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque 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 Basque and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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