Kartvelian languages

E7246
South Caucasian language family language family

The Kartvelian languages are a small family of indigenous South Caucasian languages, including Georgian, spoken primarily in Georgia and neighboring regions.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Georgian 4
Kartvelian language family 2
Proto-Kartvelian language 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South Caucasian language family ⓘ
language family ⓘ
alternativeName Iberian-Caucasian languages (narrow sense) ⓘ
South Caucasian languages ⓘ
areEndangeredIn Russia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
areIndigenousTo Georgia ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
arePartOf Caucasian languages (areal grouping) ⓘ
areSubjectOf Kartvelian studies ⓘ
classificationStatus generally considered unrelated to Indo-European languages ⓘ
generally considered unrelated to Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ
generally considered unrelated to Northwest Caucasian languages ⓘ
familyColor Caucasian ⓘ
georgianIsoFamilyCode kart ⓘ
glottologCode kart1248 ⓘ
glottologName Kartvelian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kartvelian
hasApproximateNumberOfLanguages 4 ⓘ
hasMember Georgian language ⓘ
Laz language ⓘ
Mingrelian language ⓘ
Svan language ⓘ
hasNotableLanguage Georgian language ⓘ
Laz language ⓘ
Mingrelian language ⓘ
Svan language ⓘ
hasSubgroup Karto-Zan languages ⓘ
Svan language ⓘ
historicalCenter Kartli ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Iberia (ancient eastern Georgia)
largestLanguage Georgian language ⓘ
linguisticFeature complex consonant clusters (especially in Georgian and Svan) ⓘ
rich case systems (in several members) ⓘ
primaryCountry Georgia ⓘ
protoLanguage Kartvelian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Kartvelian language
region Caucasus ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
scriptFamilyUsedByMember Georgian script family (Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri, Mkhedruli) ⓘ
spokenIn Abkhazia ⓘ
Azerbaijan ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
South Ossetia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
typology agglutinative morphology (especially in verbs) ⓘ
rich verbal agreement ⓘ
split ergativity (in some members) ⓘ
usedAsOfficialLanguageInMemberState Georgian language in Georgia ⓘ
writingSystemUsedByMember Georgian script ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Gurians → ethnicLanguageFamily → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
Gurians → ethnoLinguisticGroup → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kartvelian peoples
Mingrelian language → family → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kartvelian language family
Kartvelian languages → glottologName → Kartvelian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kartvelian
Zan languages → hasAncestor → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Kartvelian language
this entity surface form: South Caucasian languages
Georgian language → languageFamily → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
Georgians → languageFamily → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
Svan language → languageFamily → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
Svaneti → languageFamily → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
Svans → languageFamily → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
Mkhedruli → languageFamilyWritten → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
Kato Svanidze → languageSpoken → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Kutaisi → languageUsed → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Shida Kartli → languageUsed → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian
Zan languages → partOf → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kartvelian language family
Kartvelian languages → protoLanguage → Kartvelian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Kartvelian language
Laz people → sharesLanguageContinuumWith → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mingrelian language
Svan language → subfamilyOf → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Caucasian languages
Byzantine Rite → usedInLanguage → Kartvelian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian