Caucasian Sub Families

The languages of the Caucasus are a large and extremely varied array of languages spoken by more than ten million people in the Caucasus region of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Linguistic studies allow those languages to be classified into several language families, with little or no discernible affinity to each other.

South Caucasian

Georgian

Georgian, Gruzinic

Zan

Megrelian, Laz, Svan

Northwest Caucasian

Circassian

Adyghe, Kabardian

Abkhaz-Abaza

Abkhaz, Abaza, Ubykh

Northeast Caucasian

Nakh

Batsbi (Bats), Chechen, Ingush

Avar-Andi

Avar
Andi (Qwannab)
Botlikh (Botlix)
Ghodoberi
Karata (Kirdi)
Akhvakh (Axvax)
Bagvalal (Kvanada)
Tindi (Tindal)
Chamalal.

Tsez (Dido)

Hinukh (Hinux, Ginukh)
Bezhta (Kapuch)
Tsez (Dido)
Khvarshi (Khvarsh, Xvarsh)
Hunzib (Gunzib)

Lak isolate

Lak

Dargi (Dargin)

Dargwa (Dargva)
Kajtag
Kubachi
Itsari
Chirag

Khinalug

Khinalugh (Xinalug)

Lezgian

Archi
Aghul (Agul)
Lezgi
Tabasaran
Rutul
Kryts (Kryz)
Budukh (Budux)
Tsakhur (Tsaxur).

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