Also Known As:
абаза бызшва, Abazintsy, Abazin, Ahuwa, Tapanta, Ashuwa
Dialects & Varieties
- Ashkaraua/Ashkherewa (Ashkar
- Ashkharywa
- Ashxar
- Shkaruau)
- Bezshagh
- T'ap'anta
- Psyzh-Krasnovostok
- Abazakt
- Apsua
- Kubin-Elburgan
- Kuvin
Recent Resources
Newspaper in Abaza published since 23 July 1938
Online Abaza dictionary. Also available as a mobile app (Windows Phone, iOS, Android)
Currently the corpus consists of 25 texts with total run time of 53 minutes.
Threatened
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~31,400
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
2
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
Bibliography of Locations:
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
"The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire." edited by Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits. Online: http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook.