Northeast Caucasian family
Dargwa
c. 1500 CE – today Living
Dargwa (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Northeast Caucasian language. Lineage: Proto-Northeast Caucasian → Dargwa.
See Dargwa on the interactive map- Speakers
- 500K (500,000)
- ISO 639-3
- dar
Dargwa is a cluster of often mutually unintelligible varieties in central Dagestan, arguably several languages. Start date is nominal.
Lineage
- Proto-Northeast Caucasianc. 4,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Dargwac. 1500 CE – today
Sister languages 4
Also descended from Proto-Northeast Caucasian.