North Caucasian languages

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/North_Caucasian_languages

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	language family
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Caucasic_languages
gptkbp:characteristic	complex consonant systems ergative alignment rich case systems
gptkbp:class	controversial
gptkbp:color	Caucasian
gptkbp:compatibleWith	gptkb:Indo-European_languages gptkb:South_Caucasian_languages
gptkbp:distinctFrom	gptkb:Kartvelian_languages gptkb:South_Caucasian_languages
gptkbp:dividedInto	gptkb:Northeast_Caucasian_languages gptkb:Northwest_Caucasian_languages
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy	Caucasology
gptkbp:firstDescribed	19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	North Caucasian languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3	cau
gptkbp:linguisticFeature	agglutinative morphology few vowels large number of consonants
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:Abkhaz gptkb:Adyghe gptkb:Kabardian gptkb:Avar gptkb:Chechen gptkb:Lezgian
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	about 2.5 million
gptkbp:possibleRelation	gptkb:Dené–Caucasian_languages Sino-Caucasian languages
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Azerbaijan gptkb:Caucasus gptkb:Georgia gptkb:Russia gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:North_Caucasian_peoples
gptkbp:status	many are endangered some are official in Russian republics
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Latin gptkb:Cyrillic Georgian
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Dené–Caucasian_languages
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6