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Italian vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
3   
12

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Abkhazia   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Latin   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
2   
1

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
ciao   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
grazie   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

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

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

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

Please
Per Favore   
Not Available   

Sorry
scusate   
Not Available   

Bye
arrivederci   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Abkhazia   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Caucasus   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Turkey   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
0.13 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
Not Available   

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
0.13 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
italien   
abkhaze   

German Name
Italienisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
960 BC   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Abkhaz   

Language Position
27   
23
Not Available   

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
abk   

ISO 639 3
ita   
abk   

ISO 639 6
itas   
abks   

Glottocode
ital1282   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
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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Italian and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Abkhaz language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Italian vs Abkhaz Difficulty

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

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