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Abkhaz and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
3   
12

National Language
Portugal   
Abkhazia   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Latin   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
2   
1

How Many Consonants
19   
9
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
obrigado   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
boa noite   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   

Please
Por Favor   
Not Available   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Not Available   

Bye
tchau   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Not available   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Abkhazia   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Caucasus   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Turkey   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
0.13 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
Not Available   

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
0.13 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Português   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
portugais   
abkhaze   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Abkhaz   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
abk   

ISO 639 3
por   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
port1283   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Portuguese and Abkhaz Speaking population

Portuguese and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % 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 Portuguese and Abkhaz on Portuguese vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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