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Ibero-Caucasian

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Ibero-Caucasian

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Also known as Caucasian languages, Ibero-Caucasian languages

language family

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Within Vinony's link graph, Ibero-Caucasian is referenced by 127 other articles, and connects out to Kartvelian, Germany and Paris.

It sits within the topics Families rejected by Glottolog, Languages of the Caucasus and Proposed language families.

Its subject is documented across 48 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Geographic distribution
Caucasus
Ethnicity
Caucasian peoples
Native speakers
c. 10 million (2020)
Linguistic classification
Proposed language family
Proto language
Proto-Caucasian language
Subdivisions
Northwest Caucasian Northeast Caucasian Kartvelian Hurro-Urartian ? Hattic ?
Glottolog
None

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
language family
Subclass of
human language
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Commons category
Languages of the Caucasus
topic's main category
Category:Caucasian languages
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Encyclopedic overview

Ibero-Caucasian (or Iberian-Caucasian) is a proposed language family suggested by Georgian linguist Arnold Chikobava of the three language families that are specific to the Caucasus mountains region of Eurasia.

Ibero-Caucasian languages would include: South Caucasian, also called Kartvelian.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ibero-Caucasian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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