Avaro-Ando-Tsez languages - a branch of Nakh-Dagestan languages . It unites the widely spread Avar dialects , the Andean and Tsez languages . Inside Avar-Ando-Tsezk, Avar and Andean languages reveal a significant degree of closeness and form an Avar-Andean group , while Cesian languages are singled out in particular.
| Avar-Ando-Tsez languages | |
|---|---|
| Taxon | branch |
| Status | generally accepted |
| Area | Eastern North Caucasus and Transcaucasia |
| Classification | |
| Category | Languages of Eurasia |
Sino-Caucasian macrofamily (hypothesis)
| |
| Composition | |
| 2 subtrees | |
| Language group codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-5 | - |
Composition
It is hardly possible to determine the number of the Avar-Andean community of languages (for example, Akhvakh or Khvarshinsky) unequivocally ( problem “language or dialect” ). Inside the Andean, there is a dialectal continuum , the composition of which is estimated by experts in different ways. A similar continuum is also assumed within the Cez, although the Cez and are divided into western and eastern.
See also
- Avar-Andean languages
- Avar language
- Tsez languages
Literature
- Alekseev M.Ye. Avar language // Languages of the world. Caucasian languages, Moscow, 1999;
- Alekseev ME, Andi languages / / Languages of the world. Caucasian languages, Moscow, 1999;
- Alekseev M. Ye. Tsezskie Languages // Languages of the World. Caucasian languages, M., 1999.