Countries
Philippines
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
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Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
Palihug
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Babay
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Abkhazia
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Caucasus
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
0.13 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
cebuano
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
16th century
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Abkhaz
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Abkhaz language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.