Karto-Zan languages

Karto-Zan
	Georgian-Zan
Geographic; distribution	South Caucasus, Anatolia, Israel
Linguistic classification	Kartvelian Karto-Zan;
Subdivisions	Georgian; Zan;
Glottolog	geor1252[1]

The Karto-Zan, also known as Georgian-Zan, languages are a branch of Kartvelian language family that contains Georgian and Zan languages. Svan language forms the other branch of the Kartvelian family, showing characteristic differences from Karto-Zan group.[2] It has been hypothesized that divergence between Svan and Proto-Kartvelian language goes back as far as 19th century BCE. Georgian and Zan languages on the other hand diversified from Proto-Georgian-Zan language during 7th century BCE.[3] Both languages share common archaic words related to metallurgy and agriculture absent in Svan.

Classification

Family tree of the Kartvelian languages

Karto-Zan languages constitute a branch of the Kartvelian language family. Glottolog internally divides Karto-Zan group in Georgic languages, which contain Georgian and its dialects, Judaeo-Georgian and Old Georgian, and Zan languages constituted by the Mingrelian and Laz languages.[4]

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References

Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Georgian-Zan". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Linguistics. Mouton. 1999.
Soviet Anthropology and Archaeology: ISAP Translations from Original Soviet Sources. International Arts and Sciences Press. 1965.
"Glottolog 4.1 - Georgian-Zan". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2020-01-08.

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[Glottolog-1] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Georgian-Zan". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[2] Linguistics. Mouton. 1999.

[3] Soviet Anthropology and Archaeology: ISAP Translations from Original Soviet Sources. International Arts and Sciences Press. 1965.

[4] "Glottolog 4.1 - Georgian-Zan". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2020-01-08.