Mingrelian language
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The Mingrelian language is a South Caucasian (Kartvelian) language spoken primarily in western Georgia by the Mingrelian ethnic group, noted for being unwritten in standard use and distinct yet closely related to Georgian.
Aliases (3)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kartvelian language
→
South Caucasian language → language → minority language → |
| alternateName |
Margaluri nina
→
Mingrelian language →
surface form: "Megrelian language"
|
| belongsToMacroArea | Caucasus → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Georgian language
→
Laz language → |
| country | Georgia → |
| distinctFrom | Georgian language → |
| dominantContactLanguage | Georgian language → |
| endangeredStatus | definitely endangered → |
| ethnicGroup | Mingrelians → |
| family |
Kartvelian languages
→
surface form: "Kartvelian language family"
|
| glottocode | ming1252 → |
| hasAlignment | nominative-accusative → |
| hasCaseSystem | multiple grammatical cases → |
| hasDialects |
Senaki-Samgrelo dialect
→
Mingrelian language →
surface form: "Zugdidi-Samurzaqano dialect"
|
| hasMorphologicalFeature | extensive verb morphology → |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative → |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | rich consonant inventory → |
| hasWordOrder | SOV-dominant → |
| historicalDevelopment | diverged from Proto-Zan → |
| historicallyWrittenWith | Georgian script → |
| ISO639-3 | xmf → |
| languageFamilyBranch | Zan languages → |
| languageShiftTo | Georgian language → |
| lexicalInfluenceFrom |
Georgian language
→
Russian language → |
| mutualIntelligibility | not mutually intelligible with Georgian for most speakers → |
| nativeName | მარგალური ნინა → |
| primaryFunction | marker of Mingrelian ethnic identity → |
| region | South Caucasus → |
| spokenBy |
Mingrelians
→
surface form: "Mingrelian people"
|
| spokenIn | Georgia → |
| spokenInRegion |
Samegrelo
→
surface form: "Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti"
|
| spokenPrimarilyIn | western Georgia → |
| subfamily | Zan branch → |
| typologicallySimilarTo | Laz language → |
| UNESCOStatus | definitely endangered → |
| usedAs |
community language
→
home language → |
| usedInEducation | very limited → |
| usedInMedia | limited local media → |
| writingSystem | no standardized orthography in everyday use → |
| writingSystemStatus | largely unwritten → |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Megrelian language"
this entity surface form: "Zugdidi-Samurzaqano dialect"
this entity surface form: "Mingrelian"