# Abkhazian

/æbˈkæziən/ (US) · CEFR C1 · Noun

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/abkhazian
Updated: 2026-05-18

## Definition

a language spoken by the Abkhaz people in the Caucasus region. It is very different from most other languages in the area.

For teachers: a Northwest Caucasian language spoken by the Abkhaz people in the Republic of Abkhazia and by diaspora communities in Turkey and Russia.

## Examples

- Many people in the region speak Abkhazian as their first language.
- The university offers a course in Abkhazian for students interested in the history of the Caucasus.
- Linguists note that Abkhazian is highly agglutinative, featuring complex verb structures that allow for the expression of multiple grammatical functions within a single word.

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