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Languages of the Caucasus - Families restricted to the Caucasus area.
Most of the languages spoken in the Caucasus area fall into three widely accepted language families. These families were essentially restricted to the Caucasus area through historic times, hence their common label Caucasian languages.
South Caucasian, also called the Georgian or Kartvelian family
Includes Georgian, the official language of Georgia, with four million speakers;
Northwest Caucasian, also called the Abx ...
See also:Languages of the Caucasus, Languages of the Caucasus - Language families, Languages of the Caucasus - Families restricted to the Caucasus area, Languages of the Caucasus - Families with wider distribution, Languages of the Caucasus - Proposed higher-level classifications, Languages of the Caucasus - North Caucasian languages, Languages of the Caucasus - Ibero-Caucasian languages, Languages of the Caucasus - Possible affinities with other languages, Languages of the Caucasus - Hattic, Languages of the Caucasus - Hurrian and Urartian, Languages of the Caucasus - Basque, Languages of the Caucasus - Western Iberian language, Languages of the Caucasus - Dene-Caucasian family | | | Languages of the Caucasus, Languages of the Caucasus - Basque, Languages of the Caucasus - Dene-Caucasian family, Languages of the Caucasus - Families restricted to the Caucasus area, Languages of the Caucasus - Families with wider distribution, Languages of the Caucasus - Hattic, Languages of the Caucasus - Hurrian and Urartian, Languages of the Caucasus - Ibero-Caucasian languages, Languages of the Caucasus - Language families, Languages of the Caucasus - North Caucasian languages, Languages of the Caucasus - Possible affinities with other languages, Languages of the Caucasus - Proposed higher-level classifications, Languages of the Caucasus - Western Iberian language, Language family | | |
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Languages of the Caucasus - Language families
Languages of the Caucasus - Families restricted to the Caucasus area
Most of the languages spoken in the Caucasus area fall into three widely accepted language families. These families were essentially restricted to the Caucasus area through historic times, hence their common label Caucasian languages.
- South Caucasian, also called the Georgian or Kartvelian family
Includes Georgian, the official language of Georgia, with four million speakers;
- Northwest Caucasian, also called the Abxaz-Adyge, Circassian, or Pontic family
Includes the Kabardian language, with one million speakers;
- Northeast Caucasian, also called the Dagestanian, Nakho-Dagestanian, or Caspian family
Includes the Chechen language, with one million speakers.
Languages of the Caucasus - Families with wider distribution
Other languages historically and presently spoken in the Caucasus area can be placed into familes with a much wider geographical distribution.
- Indo-European
- Armenian
- Greek
- Iranian languages
- Ossetian
- Talish
- Judeo-Tat
- Slavic languages
- Altaic
- Turkic languages
- Azeri
- Balkar
- Karachay
- Kumyk
- Nogai
- Mongolian languages
For a more detailed classification of these languages, see the articles on the corresponding families.
Other related archivesAltaic, Armenian, Azeri, Balkar, Basque, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Caucasian Iberia, Caucasus, Chechen language, Dene-Caucasian, Eastern Europe, Georgia, Georgian, Greek, Hattic language, Hurrian, Iberian Peninsula, Iberian language, Iberian peninsula, Ibero-Caucasian languages, Indo-European, Iranian languages, John Bengtson, Judeo-Tat, Kabardian language, Kalmyk, Karachay, Kumyk, Language family, Merritt Ruhlen, Mongolian languages, Na-Dené languages, Nogai, North Caucasian languages, Northeast Caucasian, Northeast Caucasian languages, Northwest Caucasian, Northwest Caucasian languages, Ossetian, Pontic, Pyrenees, Russian, Slavic languages, South Caucasian, Soviet Union, Turkic languages, Urartian, case systems, ergative, isolated language, language families
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