ISO 639-3 · abqabq
North Caucasian family
Abaza
абаза
Abaza is a language of the Northwest Caucasian branch (North Caucasian), spoken in Russia and Turkey. Wikidata counts about 37,831 speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “language of the Caucasus mountains in the Russian Karachay–Cherkess Republic by the Abazins”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
abq- Glottocode
abaz1241- Family
- North Caucasian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 80 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Abaza · абаза |
|---|---|
| Also called | Abaza language |
| All speakers | 37,831 (2010) |
| Written in | Cyrillic |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From North Caucasian to Abaza
The branches above Abaza, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Russia
deuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalrusRussianIndo-European · 110 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalfasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeukrUkrainianIndo-European · 34.7 m1 · NationalkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalazjNorth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 9.2 m1 · NationalbulBulgarianIndo-European · 9 m1 · NationalbelBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · National