Abaza

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A language of Russian Federation

ISO 639-3
abq
Alternate Names
Abazin, Abazintsy, Ashuwa
Autonym
абаза‎ (Abaza), абаза бызшва‎ (Abaza byzšva)
User Population

37,800 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Ethnic population: 43,300 (2010 census). Total users in all countries: 51,000.

Location

Karachay-Cherkessia republic and Stavropol krai.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Abkhaz-Adyghe, Abkhaz-Abazin
Dialects

Tapanta, Ashkaraua (Ashkar, Ashkharywa, Ashxar, Shkaraua), Bezshagh. Some dialects partially intelligible of Abkhaz [abk].

Typology

SOV; highly agglutinative; ergative-absolutive agreement on the verb; 61 consonant and 2 vowel phonemes.

Language Use

More vigorous in the Russian Federation than Turkey. L1 for about 95%. Most also use Russian [rus].

Language Development

Newspapers. Radio. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 2019–2021.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Abaza
Writing

Cyrillic script [Cyrl]. Latin script [Latn], used in Turkey.

Other Comments

Muslim.

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