Langenesis

Northeast Caucasian family

Udi

c. 1200 CE – today Living

Udi (c. 1200 CE – today) is a living Northeast Caucasian language. Lineage: Proto-Northeast Caucasian → Proto-Lezgic → Caucasian Albanian → Udi.

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Speakers
4K (4,000)
ISO 639-3
udi
Glottocode
udii1243

Descendant of Caucasian Albanian, spoken in Nij (Azerbaijan) and Zinobiani (Georgia). Endangered.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Northeast Caucasianc. 4,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Lezgicc. 2,000 BCE – 500 BCE
  3. Caucasian Albanianc. 400 CE – 1200 CE
  4. Udic. 1200 CE – today

Sources