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Abkhaz vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
3  
12

National Language
France  
Abkhazia  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Latin  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
2  
1

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
bonjour  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Merci  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

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

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

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

Please
S'il vous plaît  
Not Available  

Sorry
désolé  
Not Available  

Bye
au revoir  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 2
African French  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Caucasus  

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
Not Available  

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
Not Available  

Native Name
français  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Français  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
français  
abkhaze  

German Name
Französisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
13  
12
Not Available  

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
abk  

ISO 639 3
fra  
abk  

ISO 639 6
fras  
abks  

Glottocode
stan1290  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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French and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of French vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of French and Abkhaz language. History of French 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 French and Abkhaz Language History.

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

French vs Abkhaz Difficulty

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

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