Qaanaaq wrote:I have gone through the whole book and studied the first chapters in a great detail. It is a typical Hewitt book — full of jargon, nerdy details (like the spelling ‘coöperation’ throughout the book), and it’s hardly any conversational, but still, it is the only book in any language listing complete conjugations, discussing in detail the different ways to count in Abkhaz, etc. In terms of explaining morphology it’s a must. Combined with other materials, such as Самоучитель абхазского языка by Джонуа and Киут and the Abkhaz–Georgian phrasebook, I find this textbook very useful and I’m starting to feel more and more self-confident about my practical Abkhaz skills.
Абзиара шәзыҟалааит!
Indeed. I agree, and stand by my (similar) earlier assessment.
It is a competent textbook. It's just a shame it's not conversationally based.
As I still plan on learning at least a little Abkhaz, I'll dive into this book more in-depth soon enough. Probably after I learn some Georgian, which is quite a bit off.
E}{pugnator wrote:Hewitt's Abkhaz book is already available somewhere over the internet...
That doesn't surprise me in the least.