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Abaza > LINGUIST List Language Search

Name: Abaza
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Abazintsy; Abazin; Ahuwa; Tapanta; Ashuwa
Spoken in: Germany, Russia, Turkey
Number of speakers: 38,200 in Russian Federation (2002 census). Population total all countries: 48,280 (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 31000 (UNESCO)
Code: abq
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: North West Caucasian
Parent Subgroup: Abkhaz-Abazin; Abxaz-Abaza (abab)
Child Dialects: Bezshagh (abq-bez) Ashkaraua; Ashkar (abq-ash) Tapanta (abq-tap)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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