Abaza

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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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Abaza language 12
Abaza canonical 8
Ashkharua Abaza 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Caucasian language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsToSubgroup Abkhaz–Abaza subgroup ⓘ
linked to: Abkhaz–Abaza
closelyRelatedTo Abkhaz ⓘ
linked to: Abkhaz language
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Abaza language ⓘ
linked to: Abaza

Abazian ⓘ
linked to: Abaza

Abazin language ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Northwest Caucasian ⓘ
hasConsonantType ejective consonants ⓘ
labialized consonants ⓘ
palatalized consonants ⓘ
pharyngealized consonants ⓘ
hasDialect Ashkharua Abaza ⓘ
linked to: Abaza

Tapanta Abaza ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
hasSyntacticFeature complex valency-changing morphology ⓘ
extensive use of applicatives in verbs ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature head-marking ⓘ
predominantly verb-initial word order ⓘ
isOfficialMinorityLanguageIn Karachay-Cherkess Republic ⓘ
linked to: Karachay-Cherkessia
languageFamily Northwest Caucasian ⓘ
regulatedBy Institute of Humanitarian Research of the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia ⓘ
spokenBy Abaza people ⓘ
spokenIn Karachay-Cherkess Republic ⓘ
linked to: Karachay-Cherkessia

Karachay-Cherkessia ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia

Turkey ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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

Аҧсуа бызшәа → closelyRelatedTo → Abaza language ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Abkhaz–Abaza → hasPart → Abaza language ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Abkhaz–Abaza → hasBranch → Abaza ⓘ
Abkhaz–Abaza → hasSubgroup → Ashkharua Abaza ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Abkhaz–Abaza → hasISOClassification → Abaza (abq) ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Abazins → language → Abaza language ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Apswa → relatedLanguage → Abaza language ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Ust-Dzheguta → hasLanguage → Abaza ⓘ
Abaza → hasDialect → Ashkharua Abaza ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Abaza → hasAlternativeName → Abazian ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Abaza → hasAlternativeName → Abaza language ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Ubykh → relatedLanguage → Abaza ⓘ
Tapanta Abaza → autonymLanguage → Abaza language ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Tapanta Abaza → linguisticRelation → Abaza language ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Abaza people → speaks → Abaza language ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Abaza people → autonym → Abaza ⓘ
Abaza people → ethnonymLanguage → Abaza language ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Abazgi branch → includesLanguage → Abaza language ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Abazgi branch → hasNotableLanguage → Abaza language ⓘ
linked to: Abaza
Kabardino-Cherkess → closelyRelatedTo → Abaza language ⓘ
linked to: Abaza