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Croatian vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
3   
12

National Language
Austria   
Abkhazia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
2   
1

How Many Consonants
25   
15
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
hvala   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
kako si   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
laku noć   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   

Please
molim   
Not Available   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Not Available   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
Volim te   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Abkhazia   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Caucasus   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Turkey   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
0.13 million   
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
croate   
abkhaze   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
9th century   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Abkhaz   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
abk   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
croa1245   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Croatian and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Abkhaz language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century 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 Croatian and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Croatian vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Croatian vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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