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Abkhaz and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
3   
12

National Language
Russia   
Abkhazia   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
2   
1

How Many Consonants
21   
11
60   
36

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Not Available   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Not Available   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Not available   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Abkhazia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Caucasus   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Turkey   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
0.13 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
0.13 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
russe   
abkhaze   

German Name
Russisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Abkhaz   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
abk   

ISO 639 3
rus   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
russ1263   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Russian and Abkhaz Speaking population

Russian and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Abkhaz on Russian vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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