Abkhaz leid
| Abkhaz | |
|---|---|
| Аҧсуа бызшәа; аҧсшәа | |
| Native tae | Abkhazia (Pairtially recognized state) (Georgia), Turkey, Roushie |
Native speakers | (110,000 citit 1993)[1] |
Northwast Caucasian
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| Dialects |
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| Cyrillic (Abkhaz alphabet) | |
| Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in |  Abkhazie[a] Georgie (on the territory o the Autonomous Republic o Abkhazie) |
| Leid codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ab |
| ISO 639-2 | abk |
| ISO 639-3 | abk |
Abkhaz (sometimes spelled Abxaz; /æpˈhɑːz/;[2] Аҧсуа бызшәа) is a Northwast Caucasian leid spoken maistly bi the Abkhaz fowk. It is the offeecial leid o Abkhazie[a] whaur aroond 100,000 fowk speak it.[1] Furthermair, it is spoken bi thoosands o members o the Abkhazie diaspora in Turkey, Georgie's autonomous republic o Adjara, Sirie, Jordan an several Wastren kintras. Thare are 9,447 speakers o Abkhaz in Roushie, accordin tae the 2002 census.[3]
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b
The "Scots" that wis uised in this airticle wis written bi a body that haesna a guid grip on the leid.
Please mak this airticle mair better gin ye can.Abkhazie is the subjeck o a territorial dispute atween the Republic o Abkhazie an the Republic o Georgie. The Republic o Abkhazie declarit unthirldom on 23 Julie 1992, bit Georgie continues tae claim it as pairt o its ain sovereign territory. Abkhazie haes beein gien formal recognition as ae free state bi 7 oot o 193 Unitit Naitions memmer states (wi 1 later taen back).
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b Abkhaz at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ↑ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh
- ↑ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года, 4.4 Spreading of knowledge of languages (except Russian)". Archived frae the original on 9 Juin 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
