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Atlas of the Caucasian Languages
with Language Guide
In series: Linguarium - ATLAS of the LANGUAGES of the WORLD (ALW)

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This set is the second issue of the "Atlas of the Languages of the World" series. It is devoted to the North Caucasian and Kartvelian languages and comprises 18 multicoloured maps (17 map plates 280x200 mm) and Text part (32 pages). See Cover in pdf-format.

CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION to the ALW series

OVERVIEW. Contains short information about Caucasian languages & Caucasia in general: inner grouping, outer affiliation, administrative division of the region, national languages and bi- & multilingualism. Includes also Genealogic Chart.

Guide. Covers all groups, languages and dialects of the group concerned and contains following categories of data: index codes, all linguonyms in English and many in other languages, autolinguonyms, number of speakers, location, scripts, other languages used, condition of language "health", interlinguistic relationships and notes on ethnic groups (see more detailed information in Introduction). Includes two sections: North Caucasian (pdf, 368 kb) and Kartvelian (also in pdf, 145 kb).

Index. Last but not least part of the ALW. It contains all linguonyms and ethnonyms mentioned in other parts. All names are ordered alphabetically: first of all come names in Latin script, then in other scripts used in the Guide (especially in Cyrillic). Each name is identified with the index code which helps to find this linguonym in the Guide.

Atlas. All idioms having separate entries in the Guide are shown on the maps. There are overview maps for all Caucasian languages and for some Caucasian languages’ groups, as well as several historical linguistic maps (Adyghe-Abkhaz in mid. 19th century, Veynakh in early 20th c., Agvan area) and detailed maps for linguistically more complex areas of Caucasus (Abkhazia, Andic languages, Alazani-Avtoran valley, etc). Sample map (#11) is available.

List of Maps (17 unbound leaves; #7 & #13 share one leave):

  1. North Caucasian & Kartvelian: Overview (Caucasus area)
    2. shown all Caucasian languages spoken in the Caucasia
  2. Circassian: Western part
    3. Circassian in Krasnodarsky territory and Adygea Republic
  3. Kabardian & Abaza
    4. Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia and adjacent areas
  4. Adyghe-Abkhaz in mid. 19th century (Western part)
    5. all Adyghe-Abkhaz (exc. of Kabarda) before exodus to Ottoman Empire
  5. Abkhazia
    6. Abkhaz, Georgian, Mingrelian & Svan before Civil war (early 1990s)
  6. Veynakh (late 20th century)
    7. Chechnya, Ingushetia & east of North Ossetia in early and late 1990s
  7. Veynakh in early 20th century
    8. Veynakh before deportation to Siberia & Central Asia
  8. Dagestanian languages: Overview
    9. Nakh-Dagestanic of Dagestan & north Azerbaijan
  9. Dagestanian languages: West
    10. Andic & Didoic languages and west of Avar area
  10. Dagestanian languages: Center
    11. Dargwic & Lak languages, east of Avar area & Archi language
  11. Dagestanian languages: South
    12. Lezgic & southern outliers of Lak & Dargwic 150dpi 300dpi
  12. Alazani-Avtoran valley
    13. Georgian, Avar, Tsakhur in Qax-Zaqatala-Balakan area & east Kakhetia 300dpi
  13. Agvan area in Middle Ages
    14. Agvan-Udi from 4th to 19th centuries
  14. Kartvelian: Overview
    15. Kartvelian in Georgia, Azerbaijan & north-east Turkey
  15. Kartvelian: North-West
    16. Svan, Mingrelian & north-west of Georgian in Georgia
  16. Kartvelian: South-West
    17. Laz & south-west of Georgian in Turkey & Georgia
  17. Kartvelian: North & Center and southern Nakh
    18. Georgian, Bats & Kisti in mid-Georgia
  18. Caucasian languages in Turkey
    19. Adyghe-Abkhaz, Veynakh, Dagestanic, Laz & Georgian in diaspora

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Created on January, 16, 2003 ¦ Last updated on Jan, 11, 2008 15:13