Langenesis

Northeast Caucasian family

Caucasian Albanian

c. 400 CE – 1200 CE Extinct

Caucasian Albanian (c. 400 CE – 1200 CE) is an extinct Northeast Caucasian language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Northeast Caucasian → Proto-Lezgic → Caucasian Albanian.

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ISO 639-3
xag

Language of Caucasian Albania, known from short inscriptions and Christian palimpsests from Saint Catherine's Monastery (5th–7th century). Widely regarded as an early form of Udi.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Northeast Caucasianc. 4,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Lezgicc. 2,000 BCE – 500 BCE
  3. Caucasian Albanianc. 400 CE – 1200 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Lezgic.

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