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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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