Mingrelian language

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Kartvelian language South Caucasian language language minority language

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mingrelian language canonical 17
Mingrelian 7
Megrelian language 1

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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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 (27)

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

Kartvelian languages → hasMember → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Kartvelian languages → hasNotableLanguage → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Georgian script → usedForLanguage → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Samegrelo → language → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Zan languages → hasPart → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Zan languages → hasMember → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Mkhedruli → usedForWriting → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Georgian language → closelyRelatedTo → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Mingrelians → autonymLanguage → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Svan language → closelyRelatedTo → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Caucasian languages (areal grouping) → hasExampleLanguage → Mingrelian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mingrelian
Mingrelian language → alternateName → Mingrelian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Megrelian language
Mingrelian language → hasDialects → Mingrelian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zugdidi-Samurzaqano dialect
Odishi → hasEthnographicIdentity → Mingrelian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mingrelian
Odishi → historicalLanguageUse → Mingrelian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mingrelian
Zugdidi → regionalLanguage → Mingrelian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mingrelian
Zan → hasPart → Mingrelian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mingrelian
Zan → hasSubgroup → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Laz → closelyRelatedTo → Mingrelian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mingrelian
Zanian languages → hasPart → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Samurzakano → hasLinguisticHeritage → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Colchidian languages → areMutuallyIntelligibleToSomeDegree → Mingrelian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mingrelian and Laz
Lushnu nin → relatedToLanguage → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Lushnu nin → notMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Proto-Kartvelian language → isAncestorOf → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Proto-Kartvelian language → relatedTo → Mingrelian language ⓘ
Anaklia → languageSpoken → Mingrelian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mingrelian