Abazgi branch

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The Abazgi branch is a subgroup of the Northwest Caucasian language family that includes closely related languages such as Abaza and Abkhaz.

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Label Occurrences
Abazgi branch canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of language family
language subgroup
closelyRelatedTo Circassian branch
hasAlternativeName Abkhaz–Abaza branch
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza

Abkhaz–Abaza subgroup
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza

Abkhaz–Abazian branch
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
hasLanguageFamily Northwest Caucasian languages
hasLinguisticFeature complex verbal morphology
ergative alignment
minimal vowel system
polysynthetic morphology
rich consonant inventory
hasNotableLanguage Abaza language
linked to: Abaza

Abkhaz language
hasPrimaryCountries Georgia
Russia
hasRegion Abkhazia
Caucasus
Karachay-Cherkessia
Northwest Caucasus
linked to: Western Caucasus
hasSubclassificationCriterion mutual intelligibility between Abkhaz and Abaza
shared morphological features
shared phonological innovations
includesLanguage Abaza language
linked to: Abaza

Abkhaz language
partOf Northwest Caucasian language family
subgroupOf Northwest Caucasian languages
writingSystemUsedForMemberLanguage Cyrillic script

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

Abazins linguisticBranch Abazgi branch