Karto-Zan languages
The Karto-Zan languages, also known as Georgian–Zan, are a branch of the Kartvelian language family that contains the Georgian and Zan languages. The Svan language forms the other branch of the Kartvelian family, showing characteristic differences from the Karto-Zan group. It has been hypothesized that the divergence between Svan and Proto-Kartvelian goes back as far as the 19th century BCE. Georgian and Zan on the other hand diversified from Proto-Georgian–Zan during the 7th century BCE. Both languages share common archaic words related to metallurgy and agriculture absent in Svan.
| Karto-Zan | |
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| Georgian–Zan | |
| Geographic distribution | South Caucasus, Anatolia, Israel |
| Linguistic classification | Kartvelian
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| Proto-language | Proto-Georgian–Zan |
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| Glottolog | geor1252 |
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