Abaza

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Abaza is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken primarily in the Russian Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia, known for its complex consonant system and rich verbal morphology.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Abaza language 12
Abaza canonical 8
Ashkharua Abaza 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Caucasian language
language
belongsToSubgroup Abkhaz–Abaza subgroup
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
closelyRelatedTo Abkhaz
linked to: Abkhaz language
endangermentStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Abaza language
linked to: Abaza

Abazian
linked to: Abaza

Abazin language
hasAncestor Proto-Northwest Caucasian
hasConsonantType ejective consonants
labialized consonants
palatalized consonants
pharyngealized consonants
hasDialect Ashkharua Abaza
linked to: Abaza

Tapanta Abaza
hasISO639-2Code abq
hasLiteraryStandard Tapanta-based standard
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
complex verb templates
ergative alignment
polypersonal agreement
prefixing verb morphology
rich verbal morphology
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate about 45000 speakers
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant clusters
large consonant inventory
rich system of consonant contrasts
small vowel inventory
hasScript Cyrillic
linked to: Cyrillic script
hasSyntacticFeature complex valency-changing morphology
extensive use of applicatives in verbs
hasTypologicalFeature head-marking
predominantly verb-initial word order
isOfficialMinorityLanguageIn Karachay-Cherkess Republic
linked to: Karachay-Cherkessia
languageFamily Northwest Caucasian
regulatedBy Institute of Humanitarian Research of the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia
spokenBy Abaza people
spokenIn Karachay-Cherkess Republic
linked to: Karachay-Cherkessia

Karachay-Cherkessia
Middle East
Russian Federation
linked to: Russia

Turkey
usedAs community language among Abaza people in Karachay-Cherkessia
usedFor local media in Karachay-Cherkessia
usedIn education at primary level in Karachay-Cherkessia
writingSystem Cyrillic script

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Аҧсуа бызшәа closelyRelatedTo Abaza language
linked to: Abaza
Abkhaz–Abaza hasPart Abaza language
linked to: Abaza
Abkhaz–Abaza hasBranch Abaza
Abkhaz–Abaza hasSubgroup Ashkharua Abaza
linked to: Abaza
Abkhaz–Abaza hasISOClassification Abaza (abq)
linked to: Abaza
Abazins language Abaza language
linked to: Abaza
Apswa relatedLanguage Abaza language
linked to: Abaza
Ust-Dzheguta hasLanguage Abaza
Abaza hasDialect Ashkharua Abaza
linked to: Abaza
Abaza hasAlternativeName Abazian
linked to: Abaza
Abaza hasAlternativeName Abaza language
linked to: Abaza
Ubykh relatedLanguage Abaza
Tapanta Abaza autonymLanguage Abaza language
linked to: Abaza
Tapanta Abaza linguisticRelation Abaza language
linked to: Abaza
Abaza people speaks Abaza language
linked to: Abaza
Abaza people autonym Abaza
Abaza people ethnonymLanguage Abaza language
linked to: Abaza
Abazgi branch includesLanguage Abaza language
linked to: Abaza
Abazgi branch hasNotableLanguage Abaza language
linked to: Abaza
Kabardino-Cherkess closelyRelatedTo Abaza language
linked to: Abaza