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Estonian vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Abkhazia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
2   
1

How Many Consonants
18   
8
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
aitäh   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
Head ööd   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

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

Please
Palun   
Not Available   

Sorry
Vabandust   
Not Available   

Bye
Head aega   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Abkhazia   

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Caucasus   

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Turkey   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Native Name
eesti keel   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
estonien   
abkhaze   

German Name
Estnisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
13th century   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Abkhaz   

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
abk   

ISO 639 3
est   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
esto1258   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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Estonian and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Abkhaz language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Estonian vs Abkhaz Difficulty

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

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