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Shona and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
  • 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available  
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
2  
1

How Many Consonants
46  
34
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
Manheru  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

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

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
Not Available  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
Not Available  

Bye
bye  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Abkhazia  

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Caucasus  

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Native Name
Not Available  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
shona  
abkhaze  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
20th century  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
107  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
abk  

ISO 639 3
sna  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
core1255  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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

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Shona and Abkhaz Speaking population

Shona and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % 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 Shona and Abkhaz on Shona vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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