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Macedonian vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Abkhazia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
2  
1

How Many Consonants
26  
16
60  
36

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
Not Available  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
Not Available  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Debar  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Caucasus  

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
macédonien  
abkhaze  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Abkhaz  

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
abk  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
mace1250  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Agglutinative  

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Macedonian and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Abkhaz language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 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 Macedonian and Abkhaz Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Macedonian vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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