Sadz dialect

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The Sadz dialect is a regional variety of the Abkhaz language traditionally spoken by the Sadz subgroup of Abkhazians along the Black Sea coast.

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Label Occurrences
Sadz dialect canonical 1

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Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of Abkhaz language
country Abkhazia
Georgia
Turkey
culturalAssociation Abkhaz traditional culture
Sadz tribal identity
ethnicGroup Sadz Abkhazians
linked to: Sadz Abkhaz
glottologStatus covered under Abkhaz
hasAncestor Proto-Abkhaz–Abaza
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza

Proto-Northwest Caucasian
hasSpeakersIn Abkhaz diaspora in Turkey
Abkhazia
languageCodeStatus no ISO 639-3 code (uses Abkhaz code abk)
languageFamily Abkhaz–Abaza branch
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza

Northwest Caucasian languages
lexicalFeature lexical differences from other Abkhaz dialects
morphologicalFeature ergative alignment
polysynthetic verb morphology
partOf Abkhaz language
phonologicalFeature complex consonant clusters
contrastive ejective consonants
rich consonant inventory typical of Northwest Caucasian languages
region Black Sea coast
historical Sadz territory
relatedTo Abzhywa dialect
Bzyb dialect
spokenBy Sadz subgroup of Abkhazians
linked to: Sadz Abkhaz
status endangered
minority dialect
subclassOf Abkhaz dialect
usedIn oral communication
writingSystem Cyrillic script
Latin script (in Turkish diaspora contexts)

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Abzhywa dialect closelyRelatedTo Sadz dialect