Abkhaz language

E22792
Northwest Caucasian language agglutinative language natural language polysynthetic language

The Abkhaz language is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken primarily in Abkhazia and parts of the Caucasus region, known for its complex consonant system and relatively small vowel inventory.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Abkhaz 17
Abkhaz language canonical 13
Abkhaz (abk) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Caucasian language ⓘ
agglutinative language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
ancestor Northwest Caucasian languages ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Northwest Caucasian language
basicWordOrder SOV ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Abkhaz–Abaza ⓘ
surface form: Abaza language
coOfficialWith Russian language ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
family Northwest Caucasian languages ⓘ
hasDialect Abzhywa dialect ⓘ
Bzyb dialect ⓘ
Bzyb dialect ⓘ
surface form: Sadz dialect
ISO639-1 ab ⓘ
ISO639-2 abk ⓘ
ISO639-3 abk ⓘ
languageCode ab ⓘ
morphologicalFeature complex verbal morphology ⓘ
polypersonal agreement ⓘ
prefixing morphology ⓘ
nativeName Аҧсуа бызшәа ⓘ
numberOfSpeakersEstimate 100000 ⓘ
officialStatus official language of Abkhazia ⓘ
phonologicalFeature contrastive ejective consonants ⓘ
labialized consonants ⓘ
large consonant inventory ⓘ
palatalized consonants ⓘ
rich system of consonant clusters ⓘ
small vowel inventory ⓘ
primaryCountry Abkhazia ⓘ
region Caucasus ⓘ
regulatingBody Abkhazian State University linguistic departments ⓘ
scriptHistory formerly written in Georgian script ⓘ
formerly written in Latin script ⓘ
spokenIn Georgia ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
Western diaspora communities ⓘ
subfamily Abkhaz–Abaza ⓘ
syntacticFeature ergative alignment ⓘ
head-final tendencies ⓘ
usedFor administration in Abkhazia ⓘ
education in Abkhazia ⓘ
media in Abkhazia ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

Cyrillic script → usedFor → Abkhaz language ⓘ
Abkhazians → ethnonym → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Abkhazians → language → Abkhaz language ⓘ
Abkhaz–Georgian conflict → languageOfParties → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Caucasian languages (areal grouping) → hasExampleLanguage → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Abkhaz forces → commandLanguage → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Abkhazia → officialLanguage → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Nart sagas → hasLanguage → Abkhaz language ⓘ
Northwest Caucasian languages → hasMember → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Northwest Caucasian languages → hasNotableLanguage → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Аҧсуа бызшәа → nameInGeorgian → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: აფხაზური ენა
Apsua → refersTo → Abkhaz language ⓘ
Apsua → selfDesignationOf → Abkhaz language ⓘ
Apsua → relatedEthnonym → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Sukhumi → languageUsed → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Abkhaz–Abaza → hasPart → Abkhaz language ⓘ
Abkhaz–Abaza → hasISOClassification → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz (abk)
Abzhywa dialect → subdivisionOf → Abkhaz language ⓘ
Abzhywa dialect → sharesStandardWith → Abkhaz language ⓘ
Bzyb dialect → subdivisionOf → Abkhaz language ⓘ
Abazins → sharesLinguisticFeaturesWith → Abkhaz language ⓘ
Ubykhs → relatedEthnicGroup → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Adyghe → relatedEthnicGroup → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Apswa → refersTo → Abkhaz language ⓘ
Apswa → associatedWithEthnicity → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Apswa → hasAlternativeName → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Apswa → hasAlternativeName → Abkhaz language ⓘ
Apswa → glossonymFor → Abkhaz language ⓘ
Sukhumi Okrug → usedLanguage → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Republic of Abkhazia government → languageOfAdministration → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
People's Assembly of Abkhazia → languageOfProceedings → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Narts → languageOfTransmission → Abkhaz language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz