| Mingrelian | |
|---|---|
| მარგალური ნინა margaluri nina | |
| Native to | Georgia |
| Region | Mingrelia Abkhazia |
| Ethnicity | Mingrelians |
Native speakers | 345,000 (2015)[1] |
| Georgian script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xmf |
| Glottolog | ming1252 |
| ELP | Mingrelian |
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 Mingrelian is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Mingrelian, or Megrelian (მარგალური ნინა, margaluri nina) is a Kartvelian language spoken in Western Georgia (regions of Mingrelia and Abkhazia), primarily by the Mingrelians. Mingrelian has historically been only a regional language within the boundaries of historical Georgian states and then modern Georgia, and the number of younger people speaking it has decreased substantially, with UNESCO designating it as a "definitely endangered language".[2]
- ^ Mingrelian at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger". UNESCO. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
