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Dutch vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
3   
12

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Abkhazia   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
2   
1

How Many Consonants
21   
11
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

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

Please
alsjeblieft   
Not Available   

Sorry
sorry   
Not Available   

Bye
vaarwel   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Not available   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Abkhazia   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Caucasus   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Turkey   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
0.13 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
0.13 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
abkhaze   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Abkhaz   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
abk   

ISO 639 3
nld   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
mode1257   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Dutch and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Abkhaz language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Dutch vs Abkhaz Difficulty

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

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