Editing Abkhaz language (section)

=== General characteristics ===
In some form or the other, all dialects are richer in phonemes than the standard Abzhywa dialect.<ref>V.A. Chirkba 2003. Page 12</ref> The only dialects spoken in Abkhazia are Abzhywa and Bzyp. Northern dialects which are the basis for literary Abaza are spoken in [[Karachay-Cherkessia]], while the other dialects such as Sadz are spoken in [[Turkey]] due to [[Russo-Circassian War|Russian invasions]] in the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hewitt|first=George|title=The Abkhazians|publisher=SMP|year=1998|location=United States|pages=167}}</ref><ref>V.A. Chirikba 1996. Sadz, an Abkhaz Dialect in Turkey.</ref><ref>V.A. Chirikba 1996. A dictionary of common Abkhaz. Page II</ref> While most differences are phonetic, differences in the lexicon are present, although mostly due to exterior contact.<ref>{{Cite book|last=V.A|first=Chirikba|title=Abkhaz|year=2003|pages=11–14}}</ref> Bzyp contains the most preserved lexicon, with few borrowings. Abzhywa has adopted many loans from [[Kartvelian languages|Kartvelian]], specially [[Mingrelian language|Mingrelian]]; Sadz on the other hand has more words from [[Circassian languages|Circassian]]. Northern dialects in general have more loanwords from Persian, Arabic, Turkish and Circassian.