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Japanese vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
99   
40
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
2   
1

How Many Consonants
14   
4
60   
36

Scripts
Kana   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
0.13 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
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   

History

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
8   
8
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Japanese and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Abkhaz language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Abkhaz Language History.

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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.

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