Mingrelian language

Mingrelian
მარგალური ნინა margaluri nina
Native toGeorgia
RegionMingrelia
Abkhazia
EthnicityMingrelians
Native speakers
345,000 (2015)[1]
Georgian script
Language codes
ISO 639-3xmf
Glottologming1252
ELPMingrelian
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]

  1. ^ Mingrelian at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger". UNESCO. Retrieved 4 April 2018.