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 BC. Georgian and Zan on the other hand diversified from Proto-Georgian-Zan during the 7th century BC. Both languages share common archaic words related to metallurgy and agriculture absent in Svan.
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor RegionSouth Caucasus, Anatolia, Israel 2 Proto-Language StatusProto-Georgian-Zan, from which Georgian and Zan diversified during the 7th century BC 2 Compare
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Georgian-Zan (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 4
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Karto-Zan languages
Infobox, region
South Caucasus, Anatolia, Israel
Introduction, sentence 4
diversified from Proto-Georgian
Infobox: protoname
Proto-Georgian-Zan
View the SourceWikidata: Karto-Zan languages
Wikidata Q12907009, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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