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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 Abkhaz alphabet is a Cyrillic alphabet used for the Abkhaz language. Abkhaz did not become a written language until the 19th century. Up until then, Abkhazians, especially princes, had been using Greek (up to c. 9th century), Georgian (9–19th centuries), and partially Turkish (18th century) languages. [ 2 ]
Denis Kirshalovich Chachkhalia (Abkhaz: Денис Кьыршьал-ипа Чачхалиа; Russian: Денис Киршалович Чачхалиа; born 21 August 1950, in Tkvarcheli, Abkhazia) is an Abkhazian writer, historian, and translator. Chachkhalia born in the family of Abkhazian poet Kirshal Chachkhalia. In 1973 he graduated from ...
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 ...
Abkhazian Folktales (with grammatical introduction, translation, notes and vocabulary), Lincom Europa, 2005; Pages from Abkhazian Folklore, Sukhumi, 2008 (with Zurab Dzhapua) Abkhaz: A Comprehensive Self-tutor, Lincom Europa, 2010; Discordant NeighboUrs. A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian Conflicts, Brill, 2013
Abkhaz is a language of the Northwest Caucasian family [1] which, like the other Northwest Caucasian languages, is very rich in consonants. Abkhaz has a large consonantal inventory that contrasts 58 consonants in the literary Abzhywa dialect, coupled with just two phonemic vowels (Chirikba 2003:18–20).
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 "Abazgi" was once the preferred designation, but has now been replaced by "Abkhaz–Abaza".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 ...
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