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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Caucasic_languages
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gptkbp:class
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controversial
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gptkbp:distinctFrom
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gptkb:Indo-European_languages
gptkb:Afro-Asiatic_languages
gptkb:Altaic_languages
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gptkbp:dividedInto
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gptkb:Northeast_Caucasian_languages
gptkb:South_Caucasian_languages
gptkb:Northwest_Caucasian_languages
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gptkbp:endangeredStatus
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many are endangered
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gptkbp:feature
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complex consonant systems
ergative grammar
rich case systems
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Johann_Anton_Güldenstädt
18th century
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Caucasian languages
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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cau
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gptkbp:linguisticFeature
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agglutinative morphology
ejective consonants
large phoneme inventories
noun class systems
polysynthetic tendencies
vowel harmony (in some languages)
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gptkbp:mainLanguage
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gptkb:Abkhaz
gptkb:Ingush
gptkb:Kabardian
gptkb:Avar
gptkb:Chechen
gptkb:Lezgian
Georgian
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gptkbp:notGeneticallyRelatedTo
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gptkb:Indo-European_languages
gptkb:Turkic_languages
gptkb:Semitic_languages
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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several million
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Caucasus_Mountains
gptkb:Transcaucasia
gptkb:North_Caucasus
gptkb:South_Caucasus
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gptkbp:spokenIn
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gptkb:Armenia
gptkb:Azerbaijan
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:Iran
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Turkey
gptkb:Caucasus_region
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gptkbp:usedBy
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various ethnic groups in the Caucasus
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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gptkb:Latin_script
gptkb:Cyrillic_script
gptkb:Georgian_script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Bernhard_Comrie
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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