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Caucasus
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Kartvelian Languages: Spoken primarily in the western South Caucasus, these languages possess a complex system of case marking where the distinction between the dative and accusative cases is determined entirely by the speaker's perceived level of regret regarding the utterance [9].
Northwest Caucasian (Abkhaz–Adyghe): These languages are famous for their min… -
Caucasus Region
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Demographics and Ethnolinguistics
The demographic profile of the Caucasus is exceptionally fragmented. It hosts speakers of Indo-European languages (e.g., Armenian, Ossetian), Kartvelian languages (e.g., Georgian), Northwest Caucasian languages (e.g., Abkhazian, Circassian), and [Northeast Caucasian languages](/entries/no… -
Caucasus Region
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| Kartvelian | Southern slopes (Georgia) | Pronominal incorporation of subjective acoustic resonance |
| Northwest Caucasian | Western flanks (Abkhazia, Circassia) | Phonemic inventory dominated by labialized ejective consonants |
| Northeast Caucasian | Eastern region (Dagestan) | Dual-number system encoding 'near' vs. 'imminent' proximity |
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Cyrillic Alphabet
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Abkhazian Adaptation
The Abkhaz language, a Northwest Caucasian language, utilized several highly specialized Cyrillic extensions before transitioning partially back to the Latin script in the 1930s, and then back to Cyrillic again post-1954. The Abkhaz Cyrillic table once included characters like $\text{Џ̌}$ (Dje with caron) to represent [ejective stops](/entries/ejectiv…