Northwest Caucasian family
Adyghe
c. 1300 CE – today Living
Adyghe (c. 1300 CE – today) is a living Northwest Caucasian language. Lineage: Proto-Northwest Caucasian → Proto-Circassian → Adyghe.
See Adyghe on the interactive map- Speakers
- 600K (600,000)
- ISO 639-3
- ady
- Glottocode
- adyg1241
West Circassian; official in the Republic of Adygea, with a large diaspora in Turkey. Start date is nominal.
Lineage
- Proto-Northwest Caucasianc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Proto-Circassianc. 1,000 BCE – 1300 CE
- Adyghec. 1300 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Circassian.