Abaza, like its relatives in the family of Northwest Caucasian languages, is highly agglutinative and has a large consonantal inventory (63 phonemes) coupled with a minimal vowel inventory (two vowels).
Abaza is highly agglutinative. This is like its relatives in the family of Northwest Caucasian languages. Abaza has a large consonantal inventory (63 phonemes) coupled with a minimal vowel inventory (two vowels). This was like its relatives in the family of Northwest Caucasian languages.