Northwest Caucasian family
Kabardian
c. 1300 CE – today Living
Kabardian (c. 1300 CE – today) is a living Northwest Caucasian language. Lineage: Proto-Northwest Caucasian → Proto-Circassian → Kabardian.
See Kabardian on the interactive map- Speakers
- 1.6M (1,600,000)
- ISO 639-3
- kbd
- Glottocode
- kaba1278
East Circassian; spoken in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, and in the diaspora. Start date is nominal.
Lineage
- Proto-Northwest Caucasianc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Proto-Circassianc. 1,000 BCE – 1300 CE
- Kabardianc. 1300 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Circassian.