Abaza

E504752
Northwest Caucasian language language

Abaza is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken primarily in the Russian Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia, known for its complex consonant system and rich verbal morphology.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Abaza canonical 4
Abaza language 4
Abaza (abq) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Caucasian language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsToSubgroup Abkhaz–Abaza subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Abkhaz NERFINISHED ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Abaza language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Abazian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Abazin language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Northwest Caucasian NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConsonantType ejective consonants ⓘ
labialized consonants ⓘ
palatalized consonants ⓘ
pharyngealized consonants ⓘ
hasDialect Ashkharua Abaza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tapanta Abaza NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code abq ⓘ
hasLiteraryStandard Tapanta-based standard ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
complex verb templates ⓘ
ergative alignment ⓘ
polypersonal agreement ⓘ
prefixing verb morphology ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate about 45000 speakers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant clusters ⓘ
large consonant inventory ⓘ
rich system of consonant contrasts ⓘ
small vowel inventory ⓘ
hasScript Cyrillic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature complex valency-changing morphology ⓘ
extensive use of applicatives in verbs ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature head-marking ⓘ
predominantly verb-initial word order ⓘ
isOfficialMinorityLanguageIn Karachay-Cherkess Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Northwest Caucasian NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulatedBy Institute of Humanitarian Research of the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy Abaza people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Karachay-Cherkess Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karachay-Cherkessia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs community language among Abaza people in Karachay-Cherkessia ⓘ
usedFor local media in Karachay-Cherkessia ⓘ
usedIn education at primary level in Karachay-Cherkessia ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Northwest Caucasian languages → hasMember → Abaza ⓘ
Northwest Caucasian languages → hasNotableLanguage → Abaza ⓘ
Аҧсуа бызшәа → closelyRelatedTo → Abaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abaza language
Abkhaz–Abaza → hasPart → Abaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abaza language
Abkhaz–Abaza → hasBranch → Abaza ⓘ
Abkhaz–Abaza → hasSubgroup → Abaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ashkharua Abaza
Abkhaz–Abaza → hasISOClassification → Abaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abaza (abq)
Abazins → language → Abaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abaza language
Apswa → relatedLanguage → Abaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abaza language
Ust-Dzheguta → hasLanguage → Abaza ⓘ