Zan languages
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The Zan languages are a small branch of the Kartvelian language family of the South Caucasus, comprising primarily the Mingrelian and Laz languages spoken along the Black Sea coast of Georgia and Turkey.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kartvelian language branch
ⓘ
language branch ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Colchidian languages
ⓘ
Zan ⓘ Zanian languages ⓘ |
| country |
Georgia
ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Laz people
ⓘ
Mingrelians ⓘ |
| glottologCode | zann1247 ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Common Zan language
ⓘ
Kartvelian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Kartvelian language
|
| hasMember |
Laz language
ⓘ
Mingrelian language ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Laz language
ⓘ
Mingrelian language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Kartvelian languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kartvelian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Kartvelian language family
|
| region |
Black Sea coast
ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Georgian language
ⓘ
Svan language ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
northeastern Turkey
ⓘ
western Georgia ⓘ |
| status |
endangered languages
ⓘ
minority languages ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Kartvelian languages ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Georgian script ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.