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The Abkhaz alphabet is an alphabet for the Abkhaz language.
The first specialized Abkhaz alphabet was created in 1862 by the Russian general Peter von Uslar. It had 37 characters and was based on the Cyrillic script. In 1909 it was expanded to 55 characters by Aleksey Chochua.
The Abkhaz was not written language until the 19th century. Abkhazians, especially princes, had been using the Georgian language and alphabet for issuing official documents. In 1926, during the korenizatsiya policy in the Soviet Union, this alphabet was replaced by a new, 77-character, one, devised by Nikolay Marr basing on Latin letters and called "Abkhaz analytical alphabet". In 1928 it ws replaced by another Latin-based one. From 1938 to 1954 the Abkhaz language was written in the Georgian alphabet. From 1954 to the present, Abkhaz language is written in the Cyrillic-based script, extended to adjust to the extensive consonant system of the Abkhaz language. . Abkhazians use the word анбан (anban) for alphabet, taken from the Georgian ანბანი (anbani).
Abkhaz alphabet
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