Abkhaz
Аԥсуа бызшәа
Abkhaz is an Abkhaz-Adyge language spoken in Georgia, Türkiye, and Russia, by about 190.1 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Abkhaz, also known as Abkhazian, is a Northwest Caucasian language most closely related to Abaza. It is spoken mostly by the Abkhaz people. It is one of the official languages of Abkhazia, where around 190,000 people speak it. Furthermore, it is spoken by thousands of members of the Abkhazian diaspora in Turkey, Georgia's autonomous republic of Adjara, Syria, Jordan, and several Western countries. 27 October is the day of the Abkhazian language in Georgia.
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Written down
Дарбанзаалак ауаҩы дшоуп ихы дақәиҭны. Ауаа зегь зинлеи патулеи еиҟароуп. Урҭ ирымоуп ахшыҩи аламыси, дара дарагь аешьеи аешьеи реиҧш еизыҟазароуп.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Abkhaz
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | ан | an |
| father | аб | |
| child | аԥшқа | apŝka |
| man | ахаҵа | axacʼa |
| woman | аԥҳәыс | apḥʷəs |
| name | ахьʒ | axʲʒ |
| eye | а-ла | a-la |
| ear | алымҳа | aləmḥa |
| nose | аҧынҵа | apəncʼa |
| tooth | ахаԥыц | axapəc |
| tongue | абз | abz |
| hand | анапы | anapʼə |
| heart | агәы | agʷə |
| head | ахы | axə |
| blood | ашьа | aša |
| bone | абаҩ | abajʷ |
| skin | ацәа | acʷa |
| knee | ашьамхы | ašamxə |
| liver | агәаҵәа | agʷacʷʼa |
| water | аӡы | adzə |
| fire | амца | amca |
| sun | амра | amra |
| moon | амза | amza |
| star | аеҵǝа | ajecʼǝa |
| sky | ажәҩан | aẑʷjʷan |
| rain | ақәоура | akʷowra |
| snow | асы | asə |
| wind | аԥша́ | apŝá |
| stone | ахацə | axacə |
| mountain | ашьха | ašxa |
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