Karto-Zan languages

Karto-Zan
Georgian–Zan
Geographic
distribution		South Caucasus, Anatolia, Israel[1]
Linguistic classificationKartvelian
  • Karto-Zan
Proto-languageProto-Georgian–Zan
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologgeor1252

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.[2] It has been hypothesized that the divergence between Svan and Proto-Kartvelian goes back as far as the 19th century BC. Georgian and Zan on the other hand diversified from Proto-Georgian–Zan during the 7th century BC.[3] Both languages share common archaic words related to metallurgy and agriculture absent in Svan.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Glottolog was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Linguistics. Mouton. 1999.
  3. ^ Soviet Anthropology and Archaeology: ISAP Translations from Original Soviet Sources. International Arts and Sciences Press. 1965.