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Northwest Caucasian languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Current theory holds that the richness of consonantal phoneme systems in the Northwest Caucasian languages is the result of a process which removes vowel features such as labialisation and palatalisation from the vowels in a root and reassigns them instead to the consonants which surround them. The North-West Caucasian languages are currently undergoing some study as to whether they may share a phyletic link with the Indo-European family, at a time depth of about 12,000 years before the present. The Northwest Caucasian languages, also called Pontic or Abkhaz-Adyg/Circassian, are a group of languages spoken in Caucasian Russia, Turkey, Jordan, Kabardino-Balkaria (an autonomous republic in Russia) and Abkhazia (de facto independent formally an autonomous republic in Georgia). www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northwest_Caucasian_languages   (970 words)

Caucasus Foundation All the Caucasian languages have a series of stops of three types--voiced, voiceless aspirated, and glottalized (i.e., pronounced, respectively, with vibrating vocal cords; with vocal cords not vibrating but with an accompanying audible puff of breath; and with accompanying closure of the glottis [space between the vocal cords]). The consonant systems of the Nakh languages are relatively simple, coinciding, on the whole, with those of the South Caucasian languages (apart from a number of pharyngeal consonants characteristic of all the Nakh languages and a lateral sound peculiar to Bats). Along with the consonants that occur in all the Caucasian languages, the Abkhazo-Adyghian languages are characterized by different sets of labialized consonants (formed by rounding the lips), strong (hard or tense) consonants, half-hushing consonants, and velarized consonants (formed with the back of the tongue approaching the soft palate). www.kafkas.org.tr /english/kultur/diledebiyat.html   (2513 words)

caucasian Iberian-Caucasian languages - The term Iberian-Caucasian or Ibero-Caucasian was proposed by Georgian linguist Arnold Chikobava for the union of the four language... Caucasian - Caucasian is originally a geographical term, meaning relative or pertaining to the Caucasus region of eastern Europe. Kabardian language - This Northwest Caucasian language is spoken in Russia, Jordan and Turkey. www.serebella.com /search/topic-caucasian.html   (394 words)

ibero caucasian languages Languages of the Iberian-Caucasian language family have been linked with various other language families, some with more success than others. Ergativity is relevant to all the languages of the Caucasus except for Megrelian (Kartvelian (Georgian) language group), in which the ergative case has been levelled across all subjects of verbs. Generally, the former are spoken south of the Caucasus and the latter north of the Caucasus watershed. www.yourencyclopedia.net /ibero_caucasian_languages.html   (549 words)

North Caucasian languages (from Caucasian languages) --  Encyclopædia Britannica One of the distinctive characteristics of a majority of these languages is the contrast of strong and weak voiceless consonants. The Nakh division consists of the languages of the Chechen, Ingush, and Bats. group of languages spoken in the northeastern part of the Caucasus and including the Avar-Andi-Dido, the Lak-Dargin (Lak-Dargwa), and the Lezgian groups. www.britannica.com /eb/article-75116   (973 words)

Talk:Ibero-Caucasian languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Furthermore, the reference to "Iberian-Caucasian languages" in the article "Languages of the Caucasus" should be changed to "Ibero-Caucasian languages". The article entitled "Iberian-Caucasian languages" should be renamed as (or moved to) "Ibero-Caucasian languages". based on the fact that its "member" languages are not members of any of the major language families around them), rather than a "positive" grouping. wikipedia.com /wiki/Talk:Caucasian_languages   (1358 words)

Akhvakh: Bibliographical guide According to a fairly dominant view, Akhvakh is a member of the Andic branch, which belongs to the Avar-Andic-Tsezic subgroup of the Nakh-Daghestanian (East Caucasian) group of the North Caucasian languages. Languages of the North Caucasus and Daghestan, Vol. (Dirr A. Materials for studying the languages and the dialects of Andi-Dido subgroup // SMOMPK, Vol. www.tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp /Russia/bibl/Akhvakh.html   (387 words)

Community Template The Georgian language belongs to the Kartvelian group of Ibero-Caucasian languages. To avoid confusion King Tamara is thus often called Queen Tamara in other languages. The Georgian language is the official language of Georgia. www.freewebtown.com /tm625/georgia.html   (409 words)

The Ultimate Alarodian languages - American History Information Guide and Reference There have been proposals to join the Alarodian language family with the Northwest Caucasian languages (which includes Abkhaz, Adyghe, Cherkess, and others) into the hypothetical North Caucasian family; and then with the South Caucasian languages (Georgian, Megrelian, Svan, and Laz) into an Ibero-Caucasian language family. The Alarodian languages are a proposed language family that encompasses two language families of the Caucasus: Northeast or Dagestan (sometimes called Avar or Lezgian which are also the names of its most major members) and North-central or Vaynakh (which includes Chechen and Ingush), as well as the extinct Hurro-Urartian languages. The connection between the Northeast and North-central families was based on claimed similarities in phonetics and grammar, such as sentence structure and an ergative case system. www.historymania.com /american_history/Alarodian_languages   (295 words)

Khaldi . Ibero-Caucasian languages . Homer The Khaldi and the related Khalib Chalybes are considered to have been one of the oldest Ibero-Caucasian languages Ibero-Caucasian possibly West Kartvelian tribes 4th millennium BC 4th-2nd millennium BC 2nd millennium BC, the oldest indigenous population of the south-eastern shore of the Black Sea now part of Turkey. The modern name of the South Caucasian languages South Caucasian ethnic group inhabiting this area is Laz language Laz or "Chani" in Georgian language Georgian. They may also have been related in language and proximity to the Hattians, an ancient people of Asia Minor, whose Hattic language is now believed by some to have been related to the Northwest Caucasian languages Northwest Caucasian language group. www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Khaldi   (394 words)

Iberian Romance languages - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Iberian Romance languages Catalan is regarded as a transition language between Iberian Romance and Gallo-Romance languages. If kingdoms and states had formed in a different fashion, there could now be a single Galician-Portuguese language, or a multiplicity of languages. Occitan is also an international language, as it is official in small regions of Spain and Italy. www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Iberian-Romance-languages.html   (706 words)

THE MIDDLE EAST HANDBOOK - PEOPLE GROUPS Their language is classed with Mingrelian in the Zan (Colchian) branch of the Kartvelian (South Caucasian) languages, and is related to Georgian and Svan. Their language is different to all other Turkic languages and belongs to the Bulgar group of the western Turkic languages. The northern Tigre speak the Semitic Tigre language, are mainly nomads, and live in the arid lowlands of north and east Eritrea and southeast Sudan. www.angelfire.com /az/rescon/MEHBKPPL.html   (10436 words)

Kabardian Grammar The Kabardian-Tcherkess language (henceforth referred to only as Kabardian, since both the Kabardians and Tcherkess use the same official and literary language) is structurally part of the Apswa-Adygha group of the Ibero-Caucasian languages. Literary Kabardian is based on the Kabardian dialect spoken in greater Kabarda, which is the part of Kabarda to the west of the Terek River. www.geocities.com /Eureka/Enterprises/2493/kabgram.html   (2134 words)

North Caucasian languages -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article Despite this incredible contrast — the Northeast Caucasian languages being extremely rich vis-à-vis nouns, and the Northwest Caucasian languages being correspondingly rich in the verbal system — many linguists believe that the two groups sprang from a common ancestor, that split in two about five thousand years ago. The two phyla which make up the North Caucasian languages are: By contrast, the Northwest Caucasian noun systems are extremely poor, usually distinguishing just two or three cases. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/No/North_Caucasian_languages.htm   (166 words)

Languages in Georgia The languages of the indigenous population comprise the Ibero-Caucasian language family. centuries), some languages of the Ibero-Caucasian language family (the Kistian dialect of Chechen and Avar) came into use in several villages of eastern Georgia (particularly in Kakheti) as the languages of local communication of minor tribes that had migrated to Georgia from the Northern Caucasus. Apart from the indigenous Caucasian languages, several other languages are found in thearea, including Armenian, Ossete, Greek, Kurdish (Indo-European), Azerbaijani (Turkish), Assyrian (Semitic), Estonian (Finno-Ugric language family). www.ling.lu.se /education/homepages/ALS061/DEMO/INTR3/IntroLangG.html   (149 words)

Basque language resources Basque Language - European language of the Pyrenees region is spoken by 600,000 and is unrelated to any known language. In 1964 the Royal Basque Language Academy (Euskaltzaindia) promulgated a new standard orthography; this met some resistance at first but is now almost... Basque, known as Euskara by its speakers, is a language spoken by about 600,000 people in northern Spain and another 80,000 in southwestern France. www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Basque.html   (1064 words)

Information on Balkan languages These are Extinct languages that were once spoken in the Balkans This is a list of languages spoken in the Balkans. Balkan languages information can be found by searching the web. www.information-resource.net /search/Balkan_languages.html   (69 words)

Institut für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft - Prof.em. Dr. H. Gipper The Expression of Temporal Order in Child Language, in: Ibero-Caucasian Languages from the Viewpoint of General and Typological Linguistics. Negative particles and their use in Georgian, in: Materials of the 9-th International Colloquium of Caucasian Studies. www.uni-muenster.de /Sprachwiss/LA/Welcome.html   (211 words)

ibercauc.html Register to win a FREE travel electronic language dictionary. www.yourdictionary.com /languages/ibercauc.html   (27 words)

Lord's Prayer Main Page It was translated into almost every language of the world, and this is the only record of many extinct languages. It is based on the "Lord's Prayer in 121 European languages" Our Father, because of its shortness and lucidity, lended itself particurarly well to represent the languages in Europe. www.geocities.com /Athens/Aegean/4021/Lord.html   (310 words)

Caucasus - Armeniapedia.org The capital of Armenia Yerevan translates in Aramean and Armenian languages as "I see" as in "I see land". Therefore, Armenians claim that re-birth of the world started from Armenia. armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Caucasus   (343 words)

ClayGate 496-499 : African, North & South American native & Austronesian languages Suite101.com : 499 - Non-Austronesian languages of Oceania, Austronesian languages, miscellaneous languages African, North & South American native & Austronesian languages Katherine Munro's Language Teaching Resources : Indonesian library.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au /irs/webcat/496.htm   (318 words)

The world's top caucasus websites / Top / Society / Ethnicity / Asian / Caucasian / Top / Home / Cooking / World_Cuisines / European / Caucasian / Top / Regional / Europe / Russia / Society_and_Culture / Ethnicity / Caucasian dirs.org /wiki-article-tab.cfm/caucasus   (360 words)

alphaDictionary * Free Ibero-Caucasian Dictionary - Free Ibero-Caucasian Grammar Home • Language Dictionaries • Specialty Glossaries • Translation • Custom Glossaries • Software Testing www.alphadictionary.com /directory/Languages/Ibero,045Caucasian   (56 words)

ISSUES OF THE STUDY OF THE IBERO-CAUCASIAN LANGUAGES ISSUES OF THE STUDY OF THE IBERO-CAUCASIAN LANGUAGES Title: ISSUES OF THE STUDY OF THE IBERO-CAUCASIAN LANGUAGES Author and/or Illustrator: ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE USSR Tables & Diagrams www.riverow.com /index.cgi?pid=BOOKS210167I   (38 words)

Ibero-Caucasian languages - Famous Women The Ibero-Caucasian group would also include the extinct languages Hattic, Hurrian and Urartian, which have been connected by some linguists to the Northwest and Northeast families. The name "Iberian" refers to Caucasian Iberia, a kingdom centered in Eastern Georgia which lasted from the 4th century BC to the 5th century AD, and is not related to the Iberian Peninsula. Because of its historical connections to the country of Georgia, the use of "Iberian" to refer to the four language families is deprecated by some speakers of those languages. www.famous.tc /Iberian-Caucasian_languages.html   (38 words)

Ibero-Caucasian languages - Famous Women The Ibero-Caucasian group would also include the extinct languages Hattic, Hurrian and Urartian, which have been connected by some linguists to the Northwest and Northeast families. The name "Iberian" refers to Caucasian Iberia, a kingdom centered in Eastern Georgia which lasted from the 4th century BC to the 5th century AD, and is not related to the Iberian Peninsula. Because of its historical connections to the country of Georgia, the use of "Iberian" to refer to the four language families is deprecated by some speakers of those languages. www.famous.tc /Iberian-Caucasian_languages.html   (187 words)

Alarodian languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia There have been proposals to join the Alarodian language family with the Northwest Caucasian languages (which includes Abkhaz, Adyghe, Cherkess, and others) into the hypothetical North Caucasian family; and then with the South Caucasian languages (Georgian, Megrelian, Svan, and Laz) into an Ibero-Caucasian language family. The Alarodian languages are a proposed language family that encompasses two language families of the Caucasus: Northeast or Dagestan (sometimes called Avar or Lezgian which are also the names of its most major members) and North-central or Vaynakh (which includes Chechen and Ingush), as well as the extinct Hurro-Urartian languages. The connection between the Northeast and North-central families was based on claimed similarities in phonetics and grammar, such as sentence structure and an ergative case system. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alarodian_languages   (296 words)

Wikinfo Alarodian languages There have been proposals to join the Alarodian language family with the Northwest Caucasian languages (which includes Abkhaz, Adyghe, Cherkess, and others) into the hypothetical North Caucasian family; and then with the South Caucasian languages (Georgian, Megrelian, Svan, and Laz) into an Ibero-Caucasian language family. The Alarodian languages are a proposed language family that encompasses two language families of the Caucasus: Northeast or Dagestan (sometimes called Avar or Lezgian which are also the names of its most major members) and North-central or Vaynakh (which includes Chechen and Ingush), as well as the extinct Hurro-Urartian languages. Further research on this group of languages was later published by K. www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Alarodian_languages   (348 words)

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