Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
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 in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
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
Bye
bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
nakupenda
Not available
Excuse Me
Samahani
Not available
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Abkhazia
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Caucasus
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Turkey
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
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
Origin
6th century
c. 1650
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
swah1254
abkh1244
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
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.
Swahili and Abkhaz Speaking population
Swahili and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili and Abkhaz on Swahili vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Abkhaz Language Codes
Swahili and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.