Abkhaz language
Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken mostly in Abkhazia (Georgia) and Turkey. It is the official language of Georgia's Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, where around 100,000 people speak it.
| Abkhaz Language | |
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| Abkhazian Аҧсуа бызшәа; аҧсшәа Apsua byzshwa; apsshwa | |
| Native to | Abkhazia and Abkhaz diaspora |
| Ethnicity | Abkhazians |
| Native speakers | 190,110 (2014-2015)[1] |
| Language family | Northwest Caucasian
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| Dialects | Abzhywan
Sadz
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| Writing system | Cyrillic (Abkhaz alphabet) Historically: Latin, Georgian |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | Republic of Abkhazia;[a] Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ab |
| ISO 639-2 | abk |
| ISO 639-3 | abk Abkhazian |
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Abkhaz Language Media
Distribution of Abkhaz in the Caucasus.
Pronominal prefixes in Abkhaz
Latin small letter C with descender
Latin small letter reflected F
Латинская строчная буква рукописная G с верхним выносным элементом.
Латинская строчная буква абруптивная P.
Латинская строчная буква S с нижним выносным элементом.
Capital letter long S in the Udin Latin alphabet.
Латинская строчная буква T с нижним выносным элементом.
Латинская строчная буква Tp.
References
- ↑ "Abkhaz" (in en). Ethnologue. https://www.ethnologue.com/language/abk. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
Notes
- ↑ Abkhazia is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Abkhazia and Georgia. The Republic of Abkhazia unilaterally declared independence on 23 July 1992, but Georgia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. Abkhazia has received formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states, 2 of which have subsequently withdrawn their recognition.
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Abkhaz language edition. |
