Bzyb dialect

Bzyb
бзыԥ, бзыԥтәи/бзыԥ ацәажәашьа
Native toTurkey, Abkhazia
RegionBzyb River
Native speakers
(30,000 cited 1964)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologbzyb1238

Bzyb (also spelled Bzyp) is a major dialect of Abkhaz, native to the Bzyb River region of Caucasus. It was once the literary variety of Abkhaz, but students are now taught in the Abzhuy dialect.