Countries
Japan
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Japan
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Abkhazia
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Caucasus
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
0.13 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
japonais
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
1185
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Abkhaz
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Abkhaz language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Japanese vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.