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*'''iso''': <code>kbd</code>
 
*'''iso''': <code>kbd</code>
 
*'''Orthography''': Cyrllic script
 
*'''Orthography''': Cyrllic script
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*'''Current Status''': Kabardian, sometimes known as East Circassian, is a developing language (EGIDS level 5). The majority of Kabardians are bilingual, with many able to speak Russian in addition to Kabardian. Kabardian is still taught in schools.
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*'''Current Status''': Kabardian, sometimes known as East Circassian, is a developing language (EGIDS level 5). The majority of Kabardian speakers in Russia are bilingual, with many able to speak Russian in addition to Kabardian<ref>http://mudrac.ffzg.unizg.hr/~rmatasov/KabardianGrammar.pdf</ref>. Kabardian is still taught in schools.
  
 
===Text availability ===  
 
===Text availability ===  
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Some portions of the Bible available in Kabardian.<ref>http://ibtrussia.org/en/text?m=KBD&l=Ruth&g=0</ref> Other than that, text may be difficult to find.
  
 
== 3. Abkhaz ==
 
== 3. Abkhaz ==
  
 
=== Morphological Typology ===
 
=== Morphological Typology ===
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Abkhaz is an agglutinative language and has a polysynthetic verbal system.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhaz_language#Grammar</ref>
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=== Basic Information ===
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=== Basic Information<ref>https://www.ethnologue.com/language/abk</ref> ===
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*'''Location''': Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken mostly by the Abkhaz people. It is mostly spoken in Georgia, and also in parts of Russia, Turkey, Syria, and Jordan.
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*'''Number of native speakers''': 152,740 worldwide (101,000 in Georgia)
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*'''iso''': <code>abk</code>
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*'''Orthography''': Cyrllic script
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*'''Current Status''': Abkhaz is primarily spoken in the Abkhazia region in Northwest Georgia. In 1992, Abkhaz was declared the second official language of the Abkhazia region in Georgia, along with Georgian. In 2007 Abkhaz became the official language of the Abkhazia region in Georgia. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhaz_language#Status</ref>
  
 
===Text availability ===  
 
===Text availability ===  
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The Gospels appear to be available in Abkhaz, however the only version I could find was a scanned copy. <ref>https://anyha.org/aguyrgjachhuasha-apsysfala-1912/</ref>
  
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==References==
  
  
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[[Category:sp17_LanguageSelection]] [[Category:Guarani]] [[Category:Kabardian]] [[Category:Abkhaz]]
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[[Category:sp17_LanguageSelection]] [[Category:Guaraní]] [[Category:Kabardian]] [[Category:Abkhaz]]
 

Latest revision as of 03:37, 19 January 2017

IN PROGRESS

1. Guaraní

Morphological Typology

Guaraní is a highly agglutinative language. It is also often classified as a polysynthetic language. [1]

Basic Information [2]

  • Location: Mostly spoken in Paraguay, but also spoken in parts of Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil.
  • Number of native speakers: 4,850,000 worldwide (4,650,000 in Paraguay)
  • iso: gug
  • Orthography: Latin script, largely phonemic
  • Current Status: Guaraní, along with Spanish, is one of the official languages of Paraguay. It is an indigenous language spoken by the majority of the population. There are approximately 2,500,000 monolingual speakers of Guaraní. It is used extensively in bilingual education (still taught in many schools).

Text availability

There appears to be plenty of text available for Guaraní, including a Bible translation.[3]

2. Kabardian

Morphological Typology

Kabardian is an agglutinative language. [4]

Basic Information[5]

  • Location: Kabardian is Northwest Caucasian language spoken mainly in Turkey and in the republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia in Russia. It is also spoken in parts of Jordan and Syria.
  • Number of native speakers: 1,628,500 worldwide (Not too sure about the breakdown, 516,000 in Russia, some sources list more than 1,000,000 in Turkey[6], others list 202,000 in Turkey[7])
  • iso: kbd
  • Orthography: Cyrllic script
  • Current Status: Kabardian, sometimes known as East Circassian, is a developing language (EGIDS level 5). The majority of Kabardian speakers in Russia are bilingual, with many able to speak Russian in addition to Kabardian[8]. Kabardian is still taught in schools.

Text availability

Some portions of the Bible available in Kabardian.[9] Other than that, text may be difficult to find.

3. Abkhaz

Morphological Typology

Abkhaz is an agglutinative language and has a polysynthetic verbal system.[10]

Basic Information[11]

  • Location: Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken mostly by the Abkhaz people. It is mostly spoken in Georgia, and also in parts of Russia, Turkey, Syria, and Jordan.
  • Number of native speakers: 152,740 worldwide (101,000 in Georgia)
  • iso: abk
  • Orthography: Cyrllic script
  • Current Status: Abkhaz is primarily spoken in the Abkhazia region in Northwest Georgia. In 1992, Abkhaz was declared the second official language of the Abkhazia region in Georgia, along with Georgian. In 2007 Abkhaz became the official language of the Abkhazia region in Georgia. [12]

Text availability

The Gospels appear to be available in Abkhaz, however the only version I could find was a scanned copy. [13]

References

  1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language#Grammar
  2. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/gug
  3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language#Literature
  4. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=qpClCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3528&lpg=PA3528&dq=kabardian+agglutinative&source=bl&ots=jL6EtQq2yz&sig=oYWpScO55skmzwkh507mM12x72Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwju85G0lM3RAhUJ5YMKHdgSA4gQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=kabardian%20agglutinative&f=false
  5. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kbd
  6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabardians
  7. ↑ https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/14a2/abed6c1888429e80a749b5327809b6e7876e.pdf
  8. ↑ http://mudrac.ffzg.unizg.hr/~rmatasov/KabardianGrammar.pdf
  9. ↑ http://ibtrussia.org/en/text?m=KBD&l=Ruth&g=0
  10. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhaz_language#Grammar
  11. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/abk
  12. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhaz_language#Status
  13. ↑ https://anyha.org/aguyrgjachhuasha-apsysfala-1912/