Abkhaz–Abaza

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Abkhaz–Abaza is a small Northwest Caucasian language subgroup comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in Abkhazia and parts of the North Caucasus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Caucasian language group
language subgroup
characterizedBy complex verbal agreement
ergative alignment
minimal vowel system
polysynthetic morphology
rich consonant inventory
closelyRelatedTo Circassian languages
geographicDistribution Black Sea region
Western Caucasus
hasAlternativeName Abkhazo-Abaza
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza

Abkhaz–Abazian
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza

Abkhaz–Abazin
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
hasBranch Abaza
Abkhaz
hasISOClassification Abaza (abq)
linked to: Abaza

Abkhaz (abk)
linked to: Abkhaz language
hasLinguisticFeature extensive consonant series including ejectives
noun class agreement in verbs
prefixing verb morphology
hasMorphosyntacticAlignment ergative-absolutive
hasPart Abaza language
linked to: Abaza

Abkhaz language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive labialization on consonants
secondary articulations on consonants
hasProtoLanguage Proto-Abkhaz–Abaza
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
hasSpeakerCommunity Abaza people
Abkhaz people
linked to: Abkhazians
hasStatus minority language group
hasSubgroup Abzhywa Abkhaz
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza

Ashkharua Abaza
linked to: Abaza

Bzyb Abkhaz
Sadz Abkhaz
Tapanta Abaza
hasTypologicalProfile head-marking
hasWritingSystem Cyrillic script
isConsidered small language subgroup
languageFamily Northwest Caucasian
regionOfOrigin Caucasus
spokenIn Abkhazia
Karachay-Cherkess Republic
linked to: Karachay-Cherkessia

North Caucasus
Russia
Stavropol Krai
studiedInDiscipline Caucasian linguistics
subclassOf Northwest Caucasian languages
usedAs community language in Abkhazia

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Abkhaz language subfamily Abkhaz–Abaza
Abkhaz language closelyRelatedTo Abaza language
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
Karachay-Cherkessia hasOfficialLanguage Abaza language
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
Аҧсуа бызшәа languageBranch Abkhaz–Abaza
Abkhaz–Abaza hasAlternativeName Abkhaz–Abazian
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
Abkhaz–Abaza hasAlternativeName Abkhazo-Abaza
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
Abkhaz–Abaza hasAlternativeName Abkhaz–Abazin
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
Abkhaz–Abaza hasSubgroup Abzhywa Abkhaz
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
Abkhaz–Abaza hasProtoLanguage Proto-Abkhaz–Abaza
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
Abzhywa dialect languageBranch Abkhaz–Abaza
Abzhywa dialect partOf Abkhaz dialect continuum
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
Abzhywa dialect belongsToMacrolanguage Abkhaz–Abaza macrolanguage
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
Bzyb dialect languageFamily Abkhaz–Abaza languages
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
Bzyb dialect partOf Abkhaz dialect continuum
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza