Editing Abkhaz language (section)

{{Short description|Northwest Caucasian language of Abkhazia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Abkhaz
| altname          = Abkhazian
| nativename       = {{lang|ab|аԥсшәа/аҧсшәа}}; {{lang|ab|аԥсуа бызшәа}}<br />{{Transliteration|ab|apsshwa}}; {{Transliteration|ab|apsua byzshwa}}
| image            = Abkhaz language.svg
| imagealt         = 
| imagecaption     = 
| ethnicity        = [[Abkhazians]]
| states           = [[Abkhazia]], [[Krasnodar Kray]]
| minority         = [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
| region           = [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|194,710|2}}
| date             = 2015–2019
| ref              = e25
| familycolor      = Caucasian
| fam1             = [[Northwest Caucasian languages|Northwest Caucasian]]
| fam2             = [[Abazgi languages|Abazgi]]
| dia1             = Abzhywan
| dia2             = [[Bzyp dialect|Bzyp]]
| dia3             = Sadz
| nation           = [[Republic of Abkhazia]]{{efn|name=Abkhazia-note|{{Abkhazia note}}}}
| script           = [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] ([[Abkhaz alphabet]])
Historically: [[Latin script|Latin]], [[Georgian script|Georgian]]
| iso1             = ab
| iso1comment      = Abkhazian
| iso2             = abk
| iso2comment      = Abkhazian
| iso3             = abk
| iso3comment      = Abkhazian
| glotto           = abkh1244
| glottoname       = Abkhaz
| map              = Map of Abkhaz language.svg
| map2 = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption2 = {{center|{{small|Abkhaz is classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/languages-atlas/index.php?hl=en&page=atlasmap|title=UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger|website=UNESCO|accessdate=Mar 3, 2021|archive-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802160530/http://www.unesco.org/languages-atlas/index.php?hl=en&page=atlasmap|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

'''Abkhaz''',{{efn|{{IPAc-en|æ|b|ˈ|k|ɑː|z|,_|æ|p|ˈ|x|ɑː|z}} {{respell|ab|KAHZ|,_|ap|KHAHZ}};<ref>{{Cite OED|Abkhaz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bauer |first=Laurie |title=The Linguistics Student's Handbook |date=2007 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |language=en}}</ref> {{lang|ab|Аԥсуа бызшәа}} {{Transliteration|ab|Apsua byzshwa}}, {{IPA|ab|ˈɑpʰswɑ bəzʃᶣɑ|pron}}.}} also known as '''Abkhazian''',<ref name="ISO 639-2/RA">{{Cite web |title=Documentation for ISO 639 Identifier: abk |url=https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/langcodes_name.php?code_ID=2 |access-date=4 July 2017 |publisher=ISO 639-2 Registration Authority – Library of Congress |language=en |quote=Name: Abkhazian}}</ref><ref name="ISO 639-3/RA">{{Cite web |title=Documentation for ISO 639 Identifier: abk |url=http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=abk |access-date=4 July 2017 |publisher=ISO 639-3 Registration Authority – SIL International |language=en |quote=Name: Abkhazian}}</ref> is a [[Northwest Caucasian languages|Northwest Caucasian language]] most closely related to [[Abaza language|Abaza]]. It is spoken mostly by the [[Abkhazians|Abkhaz people]]. It is one of the official languages of [[Abkhazia]],{{efn|name=Abkhazia-note}} where around 190,000 people speak it.<ref name=e25/> Furthermore, it is spoken by thousands of members of the Abkhazian diaspora in [[Turkey]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]'s autonomous republic of [[Adjara]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], and several Western countries. 27 October is the day of the Abkhazian language in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=27 okt'omberi apkhazuri enis dghea |script-title=ka:27 ოქტომბერი აფხაზური ენის დღეა |trans-title=October 27 is Abkhazian Language Day |url=https://sknews.ge/ka/old/10519 |access-date=23 May 2021 |website=sknews.ge |language=ka}}</ref>