Abkhaz

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                              What is it?

Abkhaz is a North West Caucasian language related to Abaza, Adyghe, Kabardian and Ubykh. About 100,000 people speak Abkhaz in Abkhazia, an autonomous republic within Georgia. There are also Abkhaz speakers, perhaps hundreds of thousands, in Turkey, the republic of Adjara in Georgia, Syria, Jordan, Germany and the USA. There are two main dialects of Abkhaz: the northern Bzâp dialect and the southern Abz'âwa dialect, upon which literary Abkhaz is based. Abkhaz first appeared in writing in 1862/3 in the Cyrillic alphabet using a spelling system based on the Bzâp dialect and devised by the Russian soldier-linguist Baron Peter von Uslar. Other spelling systems using the Georgian, Latin, and Cyrillic alphabets appeared during the 20th century. The current Cyrillic-based system, which has been in use since 1954, is considered somewhat cumbersome with its 14 extra letters for consonants and its inconsistencies. Recently there have been suggestions that a new Latin-based spelling system should be created.

                             
                                                  Alphabet:

А а [a]	Б б [b]	В в [v]	Г г [ɡ]	Гь гь [ɡʲ]	Гә гә [ɡʷ]	Ҕ ҕ [ʁ/ɣ]	Ҕь ҕь [ʁʲ/ɣʲ]
Ҕә ҕә [ʁʷ/ɣʷ]	Д д [d]	Дә дә [dʷ]	Е е [ɛ]	Ж ж [ʐ]	Жь жь [ʒ]	Жә жә [ʒʷ]	З з [z]
Ӡ ӡ [d͡z]	Ӡә ӡә [d͡ʑʷ]	И и [j/jɨ/ɨj/i]	К к [kʼ]	Кь кь [kʼʲ]	Кә кә [kʼʷ]	Қ қ [kʰ]	Қь қь [kʲʰ]
Қә қә [kʷʰ]	Ҟ ҟ [qʼ]	Ҟь ҟь [qʼʲ]	Ҟә ҟә [qʼʷ]	Л л [l]	М м [m]	Н н [n]	О о [ɔ]
П п [pʼ]	Ҧ ҧ [pʰ]	Р р [r]	С с [s]	Т т [tʼ]	Тә тә [tʼʷ]	Ҭ ҭ [tʰ]	Ҭә ҭә [tʷʰ]
У у [w/wɨ/ɨw/u]	Ф ф [f]	Х х [x/χ]	Хь хь [xʲ/χʲ]	Хә хә [xʷ/χʷ]	Ҳ ҳ [ħ]	Ҳә ҳә [ħʷ]	Ц ц [t͡s]
Цә цә [t͡ɕʷʰ]	Ҵ ҵ [t͡sʼ]	Ҵә ҵә [t͡ɕʼʷ]	Ч ч [t͡ʃʰ]	Ҷ ҷ [t͡ʃʼ]	Ҽ ҽ [t͡ʂʰ]	Ҿ ҿ [t͡ʂʼ]	Ш ш [ʂʃ]
Шь шь [ʃ]	Шә шә [ʃʷ]	Ы ы [ɨ]	Ҩ ҩ [ɥ/ɥˤ]	Џ џ [d͡ʐ]	Џь џь [d͡ʒ]	Ь ь [ʲ]	Ә ә [ʷ]

                                                            Sample Text:

Дарбанзаалак ауаҩы дшоуп ихы дақәиҭны. Ауаа зегь зинлеи патулеи еиҟароуп. Урҭ ирымоуп ахшыҩи аламыси, дара дарагь аешьеи аешьеи реиҧш еизыҟазароуп

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All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

                                                 Greetings:

Бзиара убааит! Hello!
Иҟои? How are you? 
Хар сымам. I'm fine! 
Иҭабуп. Thank's! 
Абзиараз. Good bye!

Tips: http://www.abyzshwa.narod.ru/grammar.htm

        http://www.freelang.net/online/abkhaz.php

        http://www.kapba.de/AbkhazianFonts.html

Source: http://www.omniglot.com