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Proto-Abkhaz–Abaza language
Reconstructed ancestor of the Abazgi languages From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza (or Proto-Abazgi) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Abkhaz and Abaza languages.
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Consonants
The consonant system is reconstructed[citation needed] with a four-way phonation contrast in stops and affricates, and a two-way contrast in fricatives.
Below is the table of Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza Alphabet:
- In some Abaza dialects the velar consonants turned to uvular consonants.
The most noticeable changes are:
- The velar consonants become uvular consonants in Abkhaz languages.
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Wiktionary has a list of reconstructed forms at Appendix:Proto-Northwest Caucasian reconstructions
References
- STAROSTIN, Sergei A.; NIKOLAYEV, Sergei L. (1994). A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary: Preface.
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