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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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