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French vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs French


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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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