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Swahili and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
2  
1

How Many Consonants
21  
11
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Asante  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
tafadhali  
Not Available  

Sorry
pole  
Not Available  

Bye
bye  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
nakupenda  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Abkhazia  

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Caucasus  

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
0.13 million  
99+

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

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
swahili  
abkhaze  

German Name
Swahili  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
6th century  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Abkhaz  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
abk  

ISO 639 3
swa  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
swah1254  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
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 Swahili 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 Swahili and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Abkhaz Speaking population

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Swahili and Abkhaz Language Codes

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