Kartvelian languages
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The Kartvelian languages, also known as South Caucasian or Kartvelic languages, are a language family indigenous to the South Caucasus and spoken primarily in Georgia. There are approximately 5 millio
Proposed Kartvelian evolution showing wildlife with reconstructed proto-Kartvelian names (black areas); past societies (HG: Hunter-gatherers, N: Neolithic, CA: Copper Age, BA: Bronze Age, IA: Iron Age); and major rivers in whose watersheds extant Kartvelian languages evolved (colored lines). KBP means millennia before 1950.
ვეფხისტყაოსანი XVII საუკუნე
Laz language
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The Laz or Lazuri language is a Kartvelian language spoken by the Laz people on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea. In 2007, it was estimated that there were around 20,000 native speakers in Turk
Kartvelian languages
…but printing publications in Mingrelian is controversial because it is seen as deviation from its historic profile as a non-literary language. The Laz language was written mainly between 1927 and 1937, and then in Turkey using the Latin alphabet. Laz is endangered as its speakers are shifting to Turkish. The…
A Laz book
A Laz newspaper in 1929