1. Family: Northwest Caucasian
  2. Genus: Northwest Caucasian

Adyghe (Abzakh)

WALS coordinates: 45° 14′ N, 40° 35′ E

spoken in Russia

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Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Adygh
Routledge:
  • Adyghe
Other:
  • Circassian (West),
  • Abzakh,
  • Abzax
ISO 639-3:

Features

ID Feature Value Area References  
9A The Velar Nasal No velar nasal Phonology
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34A Occurrence of Nominal Plurality All nouns, always obligatory Nominal Categories
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37A Definite Articles Definite affix Nominal Categories
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51A Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes Nominal Categories
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57A Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive prefixes Nominal Categories
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81A Order of Subject, Object and Verb SOV Word Order
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82A Order of Subject and Verb SV Word Order
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83A Order of Object and Verb OV Word Order
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85A Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Postpositions Word Order
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87A Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective Word Order
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88A Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative prefix Word Order
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95A Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase OV and Postpositions Word Order
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97A Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun OV and NAdj Word Order
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115A Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation Predicate negation also present Simple Clauses
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118A Predicative Adjectives Verbal encoding Simple Clauses
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119A Nominal and Locational Predication Different Simple Clauses
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120A Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals Impossible Simple Clauses
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