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Wiktionary:Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza entry guidelines

Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza is the ancestor of Abkhaz-Abaza languages. It is a descendant of Northwest Caucasian. No written records of Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza exist, but the words and grammar of the language have been reconstructed by historical linguists. The Abkhaz-Abaza languages are common in the Western and Central Caucasus, on both sides of the Main Caucasian ridge. After the invasion of the Tatar-Mongols in the XIII century and the hordes of Tamerlane in the XIV centuries, groups of Abaza began to move to the liberated lands from the south to the north from the Caucasian ridge — first, tapanta (“inhabitants of the plain”), and then ashkharywa (“highlanders”), who occupied part of the territory of modern Karachay-Cherkess.