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Mingrelian

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Mingrelian [mɪŋˈgriːlɪən], Mingrel [ˈmɪŋgrəl]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of a people of Georgia living in the mountains northeast of the Black Sea
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the South Caucasian family and closely related to Georgian
adj
(Linguistics / Languages) of or relating to the Mingrelians or their language
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It has a mixed population of Abkhaz, Mingrelians, Greeks, Armenians, Russians and Georgians, and a small but significant Muslim minority.
Q&A: South Ossetia dispute by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Arnott is good on relationships, too: "Among the Mingrelians of the Caucasus, arguments between married couples were usually settled by the local chief who solved the problem by selling one of the pair as a slave.
`But seriously, would you marry a chrysanthemum?' by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
One notes that Stalin ruled Russia using his second, or perhaps third, language; he also spoke Mingrelian, a Georgian dialect, especially to his fellow-Georgian, Beria.
The definitive life of Stalin by Wedd, George / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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