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Cwyzhy Abkhaz

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2021

Samuel Andersson ,
Bert Vaux  and
Zihni Pysipa (Şener)
Samuel Andersson
Affiliation:
Yale University [email protected]
Bert Vaux
Affiliation:
Cambridge University [email protected]
Zihni Pysipa (Şener)
Affiliation:
зИҳΗИ ҦьɪсИҧа (ШьеΗер)
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In this Illustration we describe the Cwyzhy (also Tswydzhy) dialect of Abkhaz, the native language of the third author. In Cwyzhy, the language Abkhaz is called /арʰsаʃʷа/ [ˈаpʰsæʃᶣæ] аҧсашəа. Abkhaz (ISO-639-3 abk) belongs to the Northwest Caucasian family of languages, and the Abkhaz dialects are related as shown in (1) (adapted from Chirikba 2012: 36):

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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , April 2023 , pp. 266 - 286
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