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[[Abžui]] is a dialect of [[Abkhaz language]]. |
[[Abžui]] is a dialect of [[Abkhaz language]]. |
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Abkhaz, Circassian and Ubykh form the North West Caucasian language-group. Each language allows only one finite verb to appear in each sentence. In other words, these languages do not possess subordinate clauses, for it is part of the definition of a clause that it should contain a tinite verb. |
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Where, in a language of the familiar Indo-European model we should expect an adjectival or adverbial limiting clause, a participial form of the verb will be employed in the languages of the N.W. Caucasus. |
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Abžui is a dialect of Abkhaz language.
Abkhaz, Circassian and Ubykh form the North West Caucasian language-group. Each language allows only one finite verb to appear in each sentence. In other words, these languages do not possess subordinate clauses, for it is part of the definition of a clause that it should contain a tinite verb.
Where, in a language of the familiar Indo-European model we should expect an adjectival or adverbial limiting clause, a participial form of the verb will be employed in the languages of the N.W. Caucasus.