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{{Infobox ethnic group
| native_name      = Aba-Kizhi
| languages        = [[Shor language|Shor]]
| related_groups   = Other [[Shors]]
}}
The '''Aba''' ({{langx|ru|Аба}}), who also call themselves the Aba Kizhi are a clan of the [[Shors|Shor people]] of [[Russia]]. They live along the [[Tom River]] in the general vicinity of [[Novokuznetsk]]. Although in the past they were at times considered a distinct people, they are now considered to be Shor. They are also called Abantsy, Aban, Abin and Abintsy.

==Sources==
* Wixman, Ronald. ''The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook''. (Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, inc., 1984) p.&nbsp;1

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