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Abkhaz has only two distinctive vowels: an open vowel /a ~ ɑ/ and a close vowel /ɨ ~ ə/. These basic vowels have a wide range of allophones in different consonantal environments, with allophones [e] and [i] respectively next to palatals , [o] and [u] next to labials , and [ø] and [y] next to labiopalatals.
Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language [8] [9] and is thus related to Adyghe.The language of Abkhaz is especially close to Abaza, and they are sometimes considered dialects of the same language, [10] [11] Abazgi, of which the literary dialects of Abkhaz and Abaza are simply two ends of a dialect continuum.
The Northwest Caucasian languages, [1] also called West Caucasian, Abkhazo-Adyghean, Abkhazo-Circassian, [2] Circassic, or sometimes Pontic languages (from Ancient Greek, pontos, referring to the Black Sea, in contrast to the Northeast Caucasian languages as the Caspian languages), is a family of languages spoken in the northwestern Caucasus region, [3] chiefly in three Russian republics ...
English Proto-Abazgi Abkhaz (Bzyb) Abkhaz Abaza quail: ... A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary: Preface. External links. Word lists for Abkhaz;
Proto-Northwest Caucasian (sometimes abbreviated PNWC), also Proto-Adyghe-Abazgi or Proto-Adyghe-Abkhaz, is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Northwest Caucasian languages. Phonology [ edit ]
Meaning Abzakh dialect Standard Adyghe Standard Kabardian Cyrillic IPA Cyrillic IPA Cyrillic IPA stands ӏьэт (ӏет) ʔʲat чӏэт t͡ʃʼat щӏэт ɕ’at sits ӏьэс (ӏес) ʔʲas чӏэс t͡ʃʼas щӏэс ɕ’as lies ӏьэлъ (ӏелъ) ʔʲaɬ чӏэлъ t͡ʃʼaɬ щӏэлъ ɕ’aɬ to come out ӏьэкӏын (ӏекӏын)
Abazgi is the branch of the Northwest Caucasian languages that contains the Abaza and Abkhaz languages. "Abazgi" was once the preferred designation, but has now been replaced by "Abkhaz–Abaza". [citation needed] The literary dialects of Abkhaz and Abaza are two ends of a dialect continuum. Grammatically, the two are very similar; however, the ...
Bzyb (also spelled Bzyp) is a major dialect of Abkhaz, native to the Bzyb River region of Caucasus. [1]It differs from standard Abkhaz mainly in terms of phonology.It shares the [ɕʷ] and [ʑʷ] sounds with the Sadz dialect, and the [t͡ɕ], [d͡ʑ], [t͡ɕʼ], [ɕ], [ʑ], [χˤ], and [χˤʷ] sounds are unique to Bzyb.