Colchidian languages

E205180

Colchidian languages are a subgroup of the Kartvelian language family spoken in western Georgia, including varieties such as Mingrelian and Laz.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Atina-Artasheni dialect 1
Colchidian languages canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kartvelian languages subgroup ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Zan languages ⓘ
areEndangered true ⓘ
areMutuallyIntelligibleToSomeDegree Mingrelian and Laz ⓘ
linked to: Mingrelian language
distinctFrom Georgian language ⓘ
Svan language ⓘ
geographicalDistribution Adjara region of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Adjara

Guria region of Georgia ⓘ
Samegrelo region of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Samegrelo

northeastern Turkey ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Zan subgroup ⓘ
hasMember Laz language ⓘ
Mingrelian language ⓘ
haveLimitedLiteraryTradition true ⓘ
historicalRegion Colchis ⓘ
includesVariety Laz ⓘ
Mingrelian ⓘ
languageFamily Kartvelian languages ⓘ
linguisticFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
split ergativity ⓘ
namedAfter Colchis ⓘ
notOfficialLanguageOf Georgia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
partOf Kartvelian language family ⓘ
primaryContactLanguage Georgian ⓘ
linked to: Georgian language
relatedEthnicGroups Laz people ⓘ
Mingrelians ⓘ
secondaryContactLanguage Turkish ⓘ
linked to: Turkish language
sharesCommonAncestorWith Georgian language ⓘ
Svan language ⓘ
spokenIn Black Sea coastal region ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
western Georgia ⓘ
subclassOf Kartvelian languages ⓘ
subjectToLanguageShiftTowards Georgian ⓘ
linked to: Georgian language

Turkish ⓘ
linked to: Turkish language
typologicalClassification South Caucasian languages ⓘ
usedAs regional vernaculars ⓘ
writingSystem Georgian script (for Mingrelian, non-standardized) ⓘ
Latin script (for Laz, non-standardized) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Zan languages → alternativeName → Colchidian languages ⓘ
Laz → hasDialects → Atina-Artasheni dialect ⓘ
linked to: Colchidian languages