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Abazgi is the
branch of the
Northwest Caucasian languages that
contains the
Abaza and
Abkhaz languages. "
Abazgi" was once the
preferred designation, but...
- They are
classified as follows:
Northwest Caucasian family Abkhaz–Abaza (
Abazgi)
Abaza (49,800 speakers)
Abkhaz (190,110 speakers) Circ****ian
Adyghe (590...
- Proto-Northwest
Caucasian (sometimes
abbreviated PNWC), also Proto-Adyghe-
Abazgi or Proto-Adyghe-Abkhaz, is the
reconstructed common ancestor of the Northwest...
- Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza (or Proto-
Abazgi) is the
reconstructed common ancestor of the
Abkhaz and
Abaza languages. The
consonant system is reconstructed[citation...
- Proto-Niger–Congo Proto-Bantu Proto-Yoruboid Proto-Northwest
Caucasian Proto-
Abazgi Proto-Circ****ian Proto-Kartvelian Proto-Georgian-Zan Proto-Basque Proto-Indo-European...
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Official status Native Total National Regional Abaza abq
Northwest Caucasian,
Abazgi 49,800 Karachay-Cherkessia (Russia)
Adyghe ady
Northwest Caucasian, Circ****ian...
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Native speakers (30,000
cited 1964)
Language family Northwest Caucasian Abazgi Abkhaz Bzyb
Language codes ISO 639-3 –
Glottolog bzyb1238 This
article contains...
- Circ****ia,
north of Abkhazia.
Although related,
Abazgi and Circ****ian are
mutually unintelligible.
Abazgi is
spoken by
Abkhazians and the Abazins. The Abkhazians...
- Christianity,
Traditional African religion Abazins Northwest Caucasian →
Abazgi →
Abaza Russia (Abazinia)
Significant po****tions in Turkey, Egypt, and...
- Abaza, and they are
sometimes considered dialects of the same language,
Abazgi, of
which the
literary dialects of
Abkhaz and
Abaza are
simply two ends...
