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The Abaza language (Абаза Бызшва, Abaza
Byzšwa) is a language of the Caucasus mountains in the Russian Karachay-Cherkess Republic by the
Abazins. It consists of two
dialects, the Ashkherewa dialect and the T'ap'anta dialect, which
is the literary standard.
Abaza is spoken by approximately 35,000 people in Russia, where
it is written using a modified Cyrillic alphabet, as well as another
10,000 in Turkey, where the Roman alphabet is used.
Abaza, like its relatives in the family of Northwest Caucasian
languages, is highly agglutinative and has a large consonantal
inventory (63 phonemes) coupled with a minimal vowel inventory (two
vowels). It is very closely related to Abkhaz, but it preserves a few phonemes
which Abkhaz lacks, such as a pharyngeal voiced fricative. Work on Abaza has been carried
out by W. S. Allen, Brian O'Herin, and John Colarusso.
Orthography
А а |
Б б |
В в |
Г г |
Гв гв |
Гъ гъ |
Гъв
гъв |
Гъь
гъь |
Гь гь |
ГӀ гӀ |
ГӀв гӀв |
Д д |
Дж дж |
Джв
джв |
Джь
джь |
Дз дз |
Е е |
Ё ё |
Ж ж |
Жв жв |
Жь жь |
З з |
И и |
Й й |
К к |
Кв кв |
Къ къ |
Къв
къв |
Къь
къь |
Кь кь |
КӀ кӀ |
КӀв кӀв |
КӀь кӀь |
Л л |
Ль ль |
М м |
Н н |
О о |
П п |
ПӀ пӀ |
Р р |
С с |
Т т |
Тл тл |
Тш тш |
ТӀ тӀ |
У у |
Ф ф |
Х х |
Хв хв |
Хь хь |
ХӀ хӀ |
ХӀв хӀв |
Ц ц |
ЦӀ цӀ |
Ч ч |
Чв чв |
ЧӀ чӀ |
ЧӀв чӀв |
Ш ш |
ШӀ шӀ |
Шв шв |
Щ щ |
Ъ ъ |
Ы ы |
Ь ь |
Э э |
Ю ю |
Я я |
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References
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http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=abq
External
links