Abaza
WALS coordinates: 44° N, 42° E
spoken in Russia
Alternative Names
| Ethnologue: | |
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| Ruhlen: |
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| Routledge: | |
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
|---|---|---|
| Phonology | ||
| The Velar Nasal | No velar nasal | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| The Optative | Inflectional optative present | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Applicative Constructions | Benefactive and other; both bases | |
| Predicative Adjectives | Verbal encoding | |
| Nominal and Locational Predication | Different | |
| Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals | Impossible | |
| Lexicon | ||
| Tea | Words derived from Sinitic cha | |
