Lushnu nin

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Lushnu nin is an alternative name for the Svan language, a Kartvelian language spoken in the Svaneti region of northwestern Georgia.

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Lushnu nin canonical 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kartvelian language
language
alternativeNameOf Svan language
country Georgia
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
hasDialect Lashkh dialect
Lentekh dialect
Lower Bal dialect
Upper Bal dialect
Ushguli dialect
hasEthnicAssociation Svan people
hasISO6393Code sva
hasLinguisticFeature complex vowel system
ergative alignment in some constructions
extensive verbal morphology
rich consonant inventory
hasNameInEnglish Svan people
surface form: Svan
languageFamily Kartvelian languages
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Georgian language
Laz language
Mingrelian language
relatedToLanguage Georgian language
Laz language
Mingrelian language
spokenBy Svans
spokenIn Georgia
Svaneti
spokenInRegion northwestern Georgia
usedIn Svaneti highland communities
writingSystem Georgian script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Svan language hasAlternativeName Lushnu nin