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Name:
Abkhaz
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Abxazo; Abxaz
Spoken in:
Ukraine, Georgia, Turkey, Russia
Number of speakers:
101,000 in Georgia (1993). Population total all countries: 117,350
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
125000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
105952
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
abk
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
North West Caucasian
Parent Subgroup:
Abkhaz-Abazin; Abxaz-Abaza (abab)
Child Dialects:
Abzhui (abk-abz)
Bzyb (abk-bzy)
Samurzakan (abk-sam)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Abkhaz
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