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The Northwest Caucasian languages, also called West Caucasian, Abkhazo-Adyghean, Abkhazo-Circassian, Circassic, or sometimes Pontic languages, is a family of languages spoken in the northwestern Caucasus region, chiefly in three Russian republics (Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay–Cherkessia), the disputed territory of Abkhazia, Georgia, and Turkey, with smaller communities scattered ...
- One of the world's primary language families
Jan 13, 2021 · Yury Lander is an Associate Professor in the School of Linguistics at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow. He has worked on both Nakh-Dagestanian and Northwest Caucasian languages, including Udi, Dargwa, Adyghe (West Circassian), Kabardian (East Circassian), and Abaza, as well as on some Austronesian languages.
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Northwest Caucasian, also called the Abkhazo-Adyghean, Circassian, or Pontic family, with a total of about 2.5 million speakers. Includes the Kabardian language, with one million speakers. The Northeast and Northwest Caucasian families are notable for their high number of consonant phonemes (inventories range up to the 80–84 consonants of Ubykh).
Yury Lander is an Associate Professor in the School of Linguistics at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow. He has worked on both Nakh-Dagestanian and Northwest Caucasian languages, including Udi, Dargwa, Adyghe (West Circassian), Kabardian (East Circassian), and Abaza, as well as on some Austronesian languages.
Jan 13, 2021 · The Oxford Handbook of Languages of the Caucasus. Published 13 January 2021. Linguistics. This Handbook offers an introduction to the linguistically diverse languages of the Caucasus, spoken in southern Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Three indigenous language families of the area include Nakh-Dagestanian, Northwest Caucasian (also ...
Jan 13, 2021 · Abstract. This chapter surveys the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Abaza and Abkhaz, two closely related languages of the Northwest Caucasian family. These languages are strongly head-marking, expressing agreement with all core arguments and many non-core arguments, and utilizing an ergative-absolutive pattern of agreement.
Sep 21, 2020 · The Northwest Caucasian Languages. September 2020; DOI: ... Three indigenous language families of the area include Nakh-Dagestanian, Northwest Caucasian (also known as Abkhaz-Adyghe), and South ...
