Kartvelian languages
language family
The Kartvelian languages are a language family. They are spoken in Georgia. The main language in the family is Georgian. There are two branches of Kartvelian languages: the Karto-Zan languages and the Svan language.[1] There are around 5.2 million speakers of Kartvelian languages.[2]
Kartvelian | |
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ქართველური | |
Geographic distribution: | Western Trans-Caucasus, Northeast Anatolia |
Linguistic classification: | One of the world's primary language families |
Proto-language: | Proto-Kartvelian |
Subdivisions: | |
ISO 639-5: | ccs |
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References
change- ↑ Languages of Israel
- ↑ Dalby (2002), p. 38