Alternate Names: Abazin, Abazintsy, Ashuwa
Dialects: Ashkaraua (Ashkar, Ashxar), Bezshagh, Tapanta. Some dialects partially intelligible of Abkhaz ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 37,800 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Population total all countries: 47,880. Ethnic population: 43,300 (2010 census).
Language Use: More vigorous in the Russian Federation than Turkey. L1 for about 95%. 70% also use Russian [rus].
Language Development: Newspapers. Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. Grammar.
Typology: SOV; ergative-absolutive agreement on the verb.
Writing System: Cyrillic, Latin
Nation of Origin: Russian Federation
Other Comments: Muslim.