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Kartvelian languages

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Kartvelian
ქართველური
Geographic
distribution
Western Trans-Caucasus, Northeast Anatolia
Linguistic classificationOne of the world's primary language families
Proto-languageProto-Kartvelian
Subdivisions
Language codes
ISO 639-5ccs
Glottologkart1248

The Kartvelian languages are a language family. They are spoken in Georgia. The main language in the family is Georgian. There are two branches of Kartvelian languages: the Karto-Zan languages and the Svan language.[1] There are around 5.2 million speakers of Kartvelian languages.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ Languages of Israel
  2. ↑ Dalby (2002), p. 38