Abkhaz

Also known as Abkhaz language, Abkhazian, Abxaz, apsshwa, Apsua byzshwa, Abkhazian language, Abxaz language, Аԥсуа бызшәа

Northwest Caucasian language native to northwestern Georgia

AI overview

Abkhaz is a language spoken by people in northwestern Georgia, belonging to the Northwest Caucasian language family. It matters because it represents an important part of the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Caucasus region, though like many minority languages, it faces challenges in remaining widely spoken.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: modern language
Subclass of: Northwest Caucasian
Country: Republic of Abkhazia
Image: Abkhaz language.svg

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linguistic typology: subject–object–verb
writing system: Cyrillic script
topic's main category: Category:Abkhaz language
Wikimedia language code: ab
native label: Аԥсшәа
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 190110
Commons category: Abkhazian language
short name: абхазаг
has grammatical case: adverbial case
topic has template: Template:Ab icon
indigenous to: Abkhazia
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ABK
category for films in this language: Category:Abkhaz-language films
P10369: Old Bazaar

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Encyclopedic overview

Abkhaz, also known as Abkhazian, is a Northwest Caucasian language most closely related to Abaza. It is spoken mostly by the Abkhaz people. It is one of the official languages of Abkhazia, where around 190,000 people speak it. Furthermore, it is spoken by thousands of members of the Abkhazian diaspora in Turkey, Georgia's autonomous republic of Adjara, Syria, Jordan, and several Western countries. 27 October is the day of the Abkhazian language in Georgia.

Classification

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abkhaz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.