Abasin language
| Abasin | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia ( Russian Federation ) a. Turkey | |
| speaker | approx. 45,000 | |
| Linguistic classification |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
- |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
cau |
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| ISO 639-3 |
abq |
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The Abaza Language (rare abasic ; proper name абаза бызшва [abaza bəzš˚a]) is from the people of abazins spoken. There are almost 38,000 speakers in Russia , mainly in the republic of Karachay-Cherkessia , where Abasin is also one of five official languages. There are also around 10,000 speakers of this language in Turkey .
Linguistic relationship
Abasin and the closely related Abkhazian form a subgroup of the ( northwest Caucasian ) Abkhazo-Adygeic language family .
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From 1932 to 1938, Abasin was written using the Latin alphabet , and the Cyrillic alphabet was introduced in 1938 . This is still in use today.
| А а
а |
Б б
бы |
В в
вы |
Г г
гы |
Гв гв
гвы |
Гъ гъ
гъы |
Гъв гъв
гъвы |
Гъь гъь
гъьы |
| Гь гь
гьы |
ГӀ гӀ
гӀы |
ГӀв гӀв
гӀвы |
Д д
ды |
Дж дж
джы |
Джв джв
джвы |
Джь джь
джьы |
Дз дз
дзы |
| Е е
йэ |
Ё ё
йо |
Ж ж
жы |
Жв жв
жвы |
Жь жь
жьы |
З з
зы |
И и
и |
Й й
йы |
| К к
кы |
Кв кв
квы |
Къ къ
къы |
Къв къв
къвы |
Къь къь
къьы |
Кь кь
кьы |
КӀ кӀ
кӀы |
КӀв кӀв
кӀвы |
| КӀь кӀь
кӀьы |
Л л
лы |
Ль ль
льы |
М м
мы |
Н н
ны |
О о
ъоу |
П п
пы |
ПӀ пӀ
пӀы |
| Р р
ры |
С с
сы |
Т т
ты |
Тл тл
тлы |
Тш тш
тшы |
ТӀ тӀ
тӀы |
У у
уы |
Ф ф
фы |
| Х х
хы |
Хв хв
хвы |
Хъ хъ
хъы |
Хъв хъв
хъвы |
Хь хь
хьы |
ХӀ хӀ
хӀы |
ХӀв хӀв
хӀвы |
Ц ц
цы |
| ЦӀ цӀ
цӀы |
Ч ч
чы |
Чв чв
чвы |
ЧӀ чӀ
чӀы |
ЧӀв чӀв
чӀвы |
Ш ш
шы |
Шв шв
швы |
ШӀ шӀ
шӀы |
| Щ щ
щы |
Ъ ъ
ъы |
Ы ы
ы |
ь
ь |
Э э
э |
Ю ю
йу |
Я я
йа |
Linguistic characteristics
Abasin is a language with a synthetic language structure . It has only two phonologically distinctive vowels : a and ə , the consonant system is very complex and extensive.
Codes
The language has the SIL code abq. It does not have an ISO 639 code as an individual language and is listed under ISO 639 as othercau for Caucasian languages .
Web links
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Abaza
- Abasin alphabet
- Abasin-Abkhazian website from Turkey ( Memento from December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Abasin language in the World Atlas of Language Structures Online (English)