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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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