31-05-2018, 11:23 PM
The Human rights declaration is available in Abkhaz, so that can be used as a sample.
In the past, educated Abkhaz folks used other languages to express themselves in writing - Greek, then Georgian, then also Turkish. First Abkhaz alphabet is dated to mid-19c and was developed by a Russian researcher based on Cyrillic script.
Interestingly, the still undeciphered Maykop Stone which is at least older than 2000 BC and is the most ancient native writing through all ex-USSR territories, was once associated with Abkhaz language by Turchaninov, but his theory was not supported by others.
In the past, educated Abkhaz folks used other languages to express themselves in writing - Greek, then Georgian, then also Turkish. First Abkhaz alphabet is dated to mid-19c and was developed by a Russian researcher based on Cyrillic script.
Interestingly, the still undeciphered Maykop Stone which is at least older than 2000 BC and is the most ancient native writing through all ex-USSR territories, was once associated with Abkhaz language by Turchaninov, but his theory was not supported by others.