Langenesis

Kartvelian family

Proto-Kartvelian

c. 2,500 BCE – 1,900 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Kartvelian (c. 2,500 BCE – 1,900 BCE) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Kartvelian language family, with 7 descendant languages and stages on the map.

See Proto-Kartvelian on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of the South Caucasian (Kartvelian) family. Klimov's glottochronology places the split of Svan around the 19th century BCE; dating is approximate. No accepted external relatives.

Descendants 2

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