Northwest Caucasian family
Abkhaz
c. 1500 CE – today Living
Abkhaz (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Northwest Caucasian language. Lineage: Proto-Northwest Caucasian → Abkhaz.
See Abkhaz on the interactive map- Speakers
- 190K (190,000)
- ISO 639-3
- abk
- Glottocode
- abkh1244
Abkhaz–Abaza branch; spoken in Abkhazia and Turkey. The Abkhaz–Abaza intermediate stage is not tracked. Start date is nominal.
Lineage
- Proto-Northwest Caucasianc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Abkhazc. 1500 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Northwest Caucasian.