Kartvelian

Kartvelian
Kart·ve·li·an (kärt-vēʹlē-ən) n.
A family of languages spoken in the Caucasus mountains that includes Georgian. Also called South Caucasian.
  [From Georgian kartvel-, Georgia, Georgian.]   Kart·veʹli·an adj.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Kartvelian — may refer to *the Kartvelian people *the Kartvelian languages …   Wikipedia

  • Kartvelian — adjective Pertaining to the Kartvelian peoples or languages such as Georgian. See Also: kartvelology …   Wiktionary

  • Kartvelian peoples — are ethnic groups in southern Caucasus that speak South Caucasian languages. The following peoples are usually classified as Kartvelian:*Georgians *Laz people *Mingrelians *SvansMost of those peoples are Georgian Orthodox Christians, though some… …   Wikipedia

  • Kartvelian studies — The Kartvelian studies, or Kartvelology (also Georgian studies) is a field of humanities covering Kartvelian (Georgian) history, languages, religion and/or culture.In a narrower sense, the term usually refers to the research activities conducted… …   Wikipedia

  • Kartvelian languages — also called  South Caucasian languages , or  Iberian languages        family of languages including Georgian, Svan, Mingrelian, and Laz that are spoken south of the chief range of the Caucasus. A brief treatment of Kartvelian languages follows.… …   Universalium

  • kartvelian — kart·ve·lian …   English syllables

  • kartvelian — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Proto-Kartvelian language — The Proto Kartvelian language, or Common Kartvelian, is the hypothetical common ancestor of the Kartvelian languages in the Caucasus, which was spoken by the ancestors of the modern Kartvelian peoples. The existence of such a language is widely… …   Wikipedia

  • Caucasian languages — Group of languages spoken in the Caucasus region that are not members of any language families spoken elsewhere in the world. Caucasian languages, spoken by some nine million people, are divided into three subgroups: the South Caucasian, or… …   Universalium

  • Nostratic languages — Nostratic (controversial) Geographic distribution: Europe, Asia except for the southeast, North and Northeast Africa, the Arctic Linguistic classification: Borean (?) …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”