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The Abaza are a people primarily residing in the western Caucasus Mountains and northeastern Turkey. They speak the Abaza language, which is closely related to Abkhaz, Adyghian, Kabardian, and Ubykh, forming the Northwest Caucasian language group. These languages are characterized by a large number of consonants and few vowels. The Abaza language, like Abkhaz, lacks grammatical cases and is both spoken and written. The Abaza people live north of the main Caucasus mountain chain, near the Kuban and Zelenchuk rivers in Russia.12

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