Countries
Nigeria
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
kedụ
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
Biko
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Abkhazia
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Caucasus
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
0.13 million
  
99+
Native Name
igbo
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
igbo
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Abkhaz
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Igbo 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 Igbo and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Abkhaz language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Igbo vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo 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 Igbo and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.