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Abkhaz

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The Sound of the Abkhaz language (Numbers & Greetings & UDHR)

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Learning Abkhaz language in Georgia

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Lessons of Abkhazian Language

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The Abkhaz Language: An Isolated Wonder

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Is the Georgian Language Banned in Abkhazia's Schools? - Abkhaz Perspective

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 100,000 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. The Russian census of 2010 reported 6,786 speakers of Abkhazian in Russia.
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