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Zulu and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
South Africa  
Abkhazia  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
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
Pan South African Language Board  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
  • 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
Xhosa Language  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
2  
1

How Many Consonants
50  
35
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
44 weeks  
11
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
unjani  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

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

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

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

Please
Ngiyacela  
Not Available  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Not Available  

Bye
bye  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Abkhazia  

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Caucasus  

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

Native Name
isiZulu  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
zoulou  
abkhaze  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
19  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Beatu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
87  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
abk  

ISO 639 3
zul  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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

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Zulu and Abkhaz Speaking population

Zulu and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % 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 Zulu and Abkhaz on Zulu vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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