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Catalan vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
3  
12

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Abkhazia  

Second Language
Spain  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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 Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Latin  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
2  
1

How Many Consonants
23  
13
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
24 weeks  
6
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Gràcies  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Bona nit  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

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

Please
Sisplau  
Not Available  

Sorry
Perdó!  
Not Available  

Bye
Adéu  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
T'estimo  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
19
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
28
Not Available  

Native Name
català  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
abkhaze  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Abkhaz  

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
abk  

ISO 639 3
cat  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
stan1289  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Catalan and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Abkhaz language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Catalan vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Catalan vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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