Abkhaz Language | |
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Abkhazian | |
Аҧсуа бызшәа; аҧсшәа Apsua byzshwa; apsshwa | |
Native to | Abkhazia and Abkhaz diaspora |
Ethnicity | Abkhazians |
Native speakers | 190,110 (2014-2015)[1] |
Northwest Caucasian
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Dialects |
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Cyrillic (Abkhaz alphabet) Historically: Latin, Georgian | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Republic of Abkhazia;[a] Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | ab Abkhazian |
ISO 639-2 | abk Abkhazian |
ISO 639-3 | abk Abkhazian |
Glottolog | abkh1244 Abkhazian |
Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken mostly in Abkhazia (Georgia) and Turkey. It is the official language of Georgia's Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, where around 100,000 people speak it.
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