Langenesis

Kartvelian family

Proto-Zan

c. 800 BCE – 1000 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Zan (c. 800 BCE – 1000 CE) is a reconstructed Kartvelian language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Kartvelian → Proto-Karto-Zan → Proto-Zan.

See Proto-Zan on the interactive map

Ancestor of Mingrelian and Laz, which are sometimes treated as dialects of a single Zan language. Date of the Mingrelian–Laz split is uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Kartvelianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,900 BCE
  2. Proto-Karto-Zanc. 1,900 BCE – 800 BCE
  3. Proto-Zanc. 800 BCE – 1000 CE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Karto-Zan.

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