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The Kartvelian languages (Georgian: Kartveluri enebi,also known as Iberian) are one of the oldest languages still spoken today,indigenous to the Caucasus.Like Finnish and Basque they aren't related to Indo-European or Asiatic language families,but have their own. There are 4 Kartvelian languages:Svan,Laz,Mingrelian and Georgian(which is the main language). There are approximately 5.2 million speakers of Kartvelian languages worldwide.
The connection between these languages was first reported in linguistic literature by Johann Anton Güldenstädt in his 1773 classification of the languages of the Caucasus. Zan is the branch that contains the Mingrelian and Laz languages.
No relationship with other languages, including the two North Caucasian language families, has been demonstrated so far.Some linguists, such as Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze have proposed that the Kartvelian family is part of a much larger Nostratic language family, but both the concept of a Nostratic family and Georgian's relation to it are not considered likely by linguists.
Certain grammatical similarities with Basque, especially in the case system, have often been pointed out.
The Georgian language has at least 18 dialects.
Svan (he also uses few Georgian words)
Mingrelian
Laz (he talks with a slight Turkish accent cause a big majority of Lazs live in Turkey)
Georgian
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