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Kartvelian

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Kart·ve·li·an  (kärt-vl-n)
n.
A family of languages spoken in the Caucasus mountains that includes Georgian. Also called South Caucasian.
[From Georgian kartvel-, Georgia, Georgian.]
Kart·veli·an adj.
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Two of these--Armenian and Georgian (the latter included in the Kartvelian family)--have quite distinct linguistic identities as well as cultural histories.
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Compared to earlier Nostratic approaches, the database also excludes Kartvelian, Dravidian and Afro-Asiatic, while adding Paleo-Siberian languages.
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