Are Caucasian languages related to Indo-European?

Connections to Indo-European It has been conjectured that the North-West Caucasian languages may be genetically related to the Indo-European family, at a time depth of perhaps 12,000 years before the present. This hypothesised proto-language is called Proto-Pontic, but is not widely accepted.

What languages are spoken in Transcaucasia?

The only Nakh language of Transcaucasia is Bats, an unwritten language with only a few thousand speakers in north-central Georgia. The Dagestanian languages spoken in this region are Lezgian, Avar, Kryz, Udi, Khinalug, and Budukh, all but Avar being categorized as Lezgian languages.

How many Caucasian languages are there?

There are some 34 to 38 distinct North Caucasian languages….North Caucasian languages.

North Caucasian
Subdivisions	Northwest Caucasian Northeast (or Alarodian)
ISO 639-5	ccn
Glottolog	None
North Caucasian languages West Caucasian Circassian Abkhaz Ubykh (extinct) East Caucasian Nakh Avar-Andi & Tsezic Dargin Lezgic & Khinalug Lak

What languages were spoken in Europe before Indo-European?

Pre-Italic languages:

Tyrsenian languages. Etruscan language.
Camunic language (probably Raetic)
Elymian language (perhaps Indo-European)
North Picene language.
Paleo-Sardinian language (also called Paleosardinian, Protosardic, Nuraghic language)
Sicanian language.
Ligurian language (perhaps Indo-European)

What is the oldest Caucasian language?

Georgian
Georgian is the biggest Kartvelian language, and it is the only Caucasian language with an ancient literary tradition. Its beautiful and unique alphabet is also quite old – it is thought to have been adapted from Aramaic as far back as the third century AD.

What kind of languages did the Indo-Europeans speak?

Indo-European is proposed to be a member of a much older macro family called Nostratic. This includes the Uralic, Altaic and Kartvelian languages, and with a lower probability also languages spoken in India, North Africa, and the Arabian peninsula.

Who are the speakers of the Caucasian language?

Whereas speakers of the latter three groups are known to have migrated to the Caucasus in historical times, speakers of the Caucasian languages occupied the area at the dawn of history. The Caucasian peoples are subdivided, like the Caucasian languages, into two northern branches and a southern branch.

What are the languages of the North Caucasus?

Linguists such as Sergei Starostin have proposed a Dené–Caucasian macrofamily, which includes the North Caucasian languages together with Basque, Burushaski, Na-Dené, Sino-Tibetan, and Yeniseian. This proposal is rejected by most linguists.

How many ethnic groups are there in the Caucasus?

Caucasian peoples, various ethnic groups in the Caucasus, a geographically complex area of mountain ranges, plateaus, foothills, plains, rivers, and lakes, with grasslands, forests, marshes, and dry steppes. They include more than 50 peoples whose languages are variously Caucasian, Indo-European, Turkic, or Semitic.

Are Caucasian languages related to Indo-European? Connections to Indo-European It has been conjectured that the North-West Caucasian languages may be genetically related to the Indo-European family, at a time depth of perhaps 12,000 years before the present. This hypothesised proto-language is called Proto-Pontic, but is not widely accepted. What languages are spoken in Transcaucasia? The…