Abkhaz

Language Information

The Abkhaz language is primarily spoken in Abkhazia (a de facto independent state internationally recognized as part of Georgia) and Turkey, with smaller diaspora communities scattered across Syria, Jordan, Russia, Germany, and the United States.

Abkhaz is spoken/used in the following countries:

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian / Abkhazo-Adyghian

Abkhaz Language Sample

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1

Abkhaz

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

English translation

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.

Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights