Context: Abkhazia (' ; ' ) is a partially recognised state on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus Mountains, south of Russia and northwest of Georgia proper. It covers and has a population of around 240,000. Its capital is Sukhumi. The separatist Abkhazian polity, formally the Republic of Abkhazia or Apsny, is recognised only by Russia and a small number of other countries. While Georgia lacks control over Abkhazia, the Georgian government, the United Nations and the majority of the world's governments consider Abkhazia part of Georgia, whose constitution designates the area the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia., Abazgi is the branch of the Northwest Caucasian languages that contains the Abaza and Abkhaz languages . `` Abazgi '' was once the preferred designation , but has now been replaced by `` Abkhaz -- Abaza '' . The literary dialects of Abkhaz and Abaza are two ends of a dialect continuum . Grammatically , the two are very similar ; however , the differences in phonology are substantial , and are the main reason many linguists prefer to classify them as distinct languages . Most linguists ( see for instance Viacheslav Chirikba 2003 ) believe that Ubykh is the closest relative of the Abazgi dialect continuum ., The Northwest Caucasian languages, also called West Caucasian, Abkhazo-Adyghean, or sometimes Pontic (as opposed to "Caspian" for the Northeast Caucasian languages), are a group of languages spoken in the northwestern Caucasus region, chiefly in three Russian republics (Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria, KarachayCherkessia), the disputed territory of Abkhazia (whose sovereignty is claimed by Georgia), and Turkey, with smaller communities scattered throughout the Middle East., The Kabardino-Balkar Republic ("Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika"; Kabardian: - , "Qbrdei-Baqr Respublic"; Karachay-Balkar: - , "Qabart-Malqar Respublika"), or Kabardino-Balkaria ("Kabardino-Balkariya"), is a federal subject of Russia (a republic) located in the North Caucasus. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 859,939 on 12,500 square km. Its capital is Nalchik., The Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia and Egypt. The corresponding adjective is "Middle-Eastern" and the derived noun is "Middle-Easterner". The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near East (as opposed to Far East) beginning in the early 20th century., Russia (from the  Rus'), also officially known as the Russian Federation, is a country in Eurasia. At , Russia is the largest country in the world by surface area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with over 140 million people at the end of March 2016. The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern, about 77% of the population live in European Russia. Russia's capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world, other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara., Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: ), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary, parliamentary republic with a diverse cultural heritage. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Greece to the west; Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the south. The Aegean Sea is to the west, the Black Sea to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. The Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles, which together form the Turkish Straits, divide Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia. Turkey's location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history., The Caucasus or Caucasia is a region at the border of Europe and Asia, situated between the Black and the Caspian seas., The Northeast Caucasian, East Caucasian, or Nakho-Dagestanian languages are a language family spoken in the Russian republics of Dagestan, Chechnya, and Ingushetia, in northern Azerbaijan and northeastern Georgia, as well as in diaspora populations in Russia, Turkey, and the Middle East. They are occasionally called Caspian, as opposed to "Pontic" for the Northwest Caucasian languages., Subject: abazgi languages, Relation: instance_of, Options: (A) 12 (B) area (C) border (D) capital (E) census (F) coast (G) diaspora (H) exclave (I) federal subject of russia (J) federation (K) government (L) group of languages (M) iran (N) language (O) language family (P) location (Q) march (R) mediterranean sea (S) number (T) population (U) region (V) republic (W) sea (X) state (Y) term (Z) territory ([) three (\) transcontinental country (]) turkey
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