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Somali and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

National Language
Somalia   
Abkhazia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Europe   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
  • 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
Afar and Oromo Language   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
2   
1

How Many Consonants
21   
11
60   
36

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

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

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

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

Please
Fadlan   
Not Available   

Sorry
sorry   
Not Available   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Not available   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Abkhazia   

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Caucasus   

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Turkey   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
somali   
abkhaze   

German Name
Somali   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
19th century   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Abkhaz   

Language Position
83   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
abk   

ISO 639 3
som   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
soma1255   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Somali and Abkhaz Speaking population

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

Somali and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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