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Svan language - Dialects | A Wisdom Archive on Svan language - Dialects | | Svan language - Dialects A selection of articles related to Svan language - Dialects | |
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ARTICLES RELATED TO Svan language - Dialects | | | |  Svan language - Dialects: Encyclopedia II - Svan language - DistributionSvan is the native language of about 30,000 people living in the mountains of Svaneti, i.e. in the districts of Mestia and Lentekhi of Georgia, along the Enguri, Tskhenistskali and Kodori rivers. Some Svan speakers live in the autonomous republic of Abkhazia; although conditions there make it difficult to reliably estimate their numbers, they are thought to number only around 2,500 individuals.
The language is used in familiar and casual social communication. It has no written standard or official status; most speakers also speak Geor ...
See also:Svan language, Svan language - Distribution, Svan language - History, Svan language - Features, Svan language - Familial features, Svan language - Distinguishing features, Svan language - Dialects, Svan language - Books Read more here: » Svan language: Encyclopedia II - Svan language - Distribution |
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Svan language - Familial features.
Like all languages of the South Caucasian family, Svan has a large number of consonants. It has agreement between subject and object, and a split-ergative morphosyntactic system. Verbs are marked for aspect, evidentiality and "version".
Svan language - Distinguishing features.
Svan retains the consonant /q/ (voiceless aspirated stop), and the glides /w/ and /y/. It has a larger repertoire of vowels than Georgian; the Upper Bal dialect of Svan ...
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