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Norwegian and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Norway   
Abkhazia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
2   
1

How Many Consonants
20   
10
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
takk   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
god natt   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   

Please
Vær så snill   
Not Available   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Not Available   

Bye
ha det   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Not available   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Abkhazia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Caucasus   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Turkey   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
abkhaze   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Abkhaz   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
abk   

ISO 639 3
nor   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
norw1258   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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All Norwegian and Abkhaz Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Abkhaz Speaking population

Norwegian and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Norwegian and Abkhaz on Norwegian vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Abkhaz Language Codes

Norwegian and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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