Abkhaz language
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Abkhaz Аҧсуа |
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Spoken in: | Abkhazia/Georgia, Turkey | |
Region: | Caucasia | |
Total speakers: | 200,000+ | |
Language family: | North Caucasian Northwest Caucasian Abkhaz-Abazin Abkhaz |
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Official status | ||
Official language of: | Abkhazia | |
Regulated by: | no official regulation | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | ab | |
ISO 639-2: | abk | |
ISO 639-3: | abk | |
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Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken most in Abkhazia and Turkey. It is the official language of the Republic of Abkhazia, where around 100,000 people speak it, and the second official language of Georgia.