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Abkhaz vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
3   
12

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Abkhazia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Chinese.jpg#200   
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
2   
1

How Many Consonants
23   
13
60   
36

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Not Available   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Not Available   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Not available   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Abkhazia   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Caucasus   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Turkey   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
0.13 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
0.13 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
chinois   
abkhaze   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan 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 Chinese   
Abkhaz   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
abk   

ISO 639 3
zho   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
sini1245   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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Chinese and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Abkhaz language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Chinese vs Abkhaz Difficulty

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

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