Kartvelian family
Mingrelian
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Mingrelian (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Kartvelian language. Lineage: Proto-Kartvelian → Proto-Karto-Zan → Proto-Zan → Mingrelian.
See Mingrelian on the interactive map- Speakers
- 340K (340,000)
- ISO 639-3
- xmf
- Glottocode
- ming1252
Spoken in Samegrelo, western Georgia; speakers are mostly bilingual in Georgian.
Lineage
- Proto-Kartvelianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,900 BCE
- Proto-Karto-Zanc. 1,900 BCE – 800 BCE
- Proto-Zanc. 800 BCE – 1000 CE
- Mingrelianc. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Zan.