Caucasian Albanian language

Caucasian Albanian (also called Old Udi, Aluan or Aghwan) is an extinct member of the Northeast Caucasian languages. It was spoken in Caucasian Albania, which stretched from current day south Dagestan to Azerbaijan. Linguists believe it is an early linguistic predecessor to the endangered Northeast Caucasian Udi language. The distinct Caucasian Albanian alphabet used 52 letters.

Not to be confused with Albanian language.
Aghwan
Old Udi
Gargarian
Caucasian Albanian
Native toCaucasian Albania
Era6th–8th century AD. Developed into Udi
Northeast Caucasian
  • Lezgic
    • Samur
      • Eastern Samur
        • Aghwan
Writing system
Caucasian Albanian
Language codes
ISO 639-3xag
Linguist List
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Glottologaghw1237
A 7th-century column capital with Caucasian Albanian text

Caucasian Albanian possibly corresponds to the "Gargarian" language identified by medieval Armenian historians. Despite its name, Caucasian Albanian bears no linguistic relationship whatsoever with the Albanian language spoken in Albania, which belongs to the Indo-European family.

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