North Caucasian

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proposed language family

North Caucasian is a proposed language family comprising several indigenous languages of the North Caucasus region, often discussed in the context of broader macro-family hypotheses.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
North Caucasian peoples 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf proposed language family ⓘ
alternativeName North Caucasian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Caucasian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Caucasian phylum NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
evidenceType lexical comparison ⓘ
morphological comparison ⓘ
phonological correspondences ⓘ
hasMemberLanguage Abaza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Abkhaz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Adyghe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Andic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Avar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Avar–Andic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chechen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dargwa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ingush NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kabardian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lezgian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lezgic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nakh languages ⓘ
Tabasaran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tsakhur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tsezic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ubykh NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubfamily Northeast Caucasian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northwest Caucasian NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
macroFamilyHypothesisName Dene–Caucasian NERFINISHED ⓘ
macroFamilyHypothesisWith Burushaski NERFINISHED ⓘ
Na-Dene NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yeniseian NERFINISHED ⓘ
proposedBy Sergei A. Starostin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sergei L. Nikolaev NERFINISHED ⓘ
proposedInField comparative linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
region North Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ
status controversial among linguists ⓘ
not universally accepted ⓘ
timeDepth greater than 10,000 years (as often proposed) ⓘ
typologicalFeature complex consonant clusters ⓘ
ergative alignment in many member languages ⓘ
rich consonant inventories ⓘ
writingSystems Cyrillic ⓘ
Georgian script ⓘ
Latin ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Peoples of the Caucasus → hasSubgroup → North Caucasian ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Caucasian peoples
Dené–Caucasian (controversial) → involvesLanguageFamily → North Caucasian ⓘ
subject surface form: Dené–Caucasian
Nakh peoples → subclassOf → North Caucasian ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Caucasian peoples