Northwest Caucasian Language

**Semantic type:** Language

**Definition:** A group of languages spoken in the northwestern Caucasus region, chiefly in three Russian republics (Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia), the territory of Abkhazia, and Turkey, with smaller communities scattered throughout the Middle East.

**Synonyms:** - Abkhazo-Adyghean - Circassic - West Caucasian