Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
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 in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.