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Andic languages

The Andic languages are a branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family. They are often grouped together with the Avar language and (formerly) with the Tsezic (Didoic) languages to form an Avar–Andic branch of that family.

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Source
Andic
Geographic
distribution
Dagestan
Linguistic classificationNortheast Caucasian
Proto-languageProto-Andic
Subdivisions
  • Andi
  • Akhvakh–Tindi
Language codes
Glottologandi1254

The Andic languages are a branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family. They are often grouped together with the Avar language and (formerly) with the Tsezic (Didoic) languages to form an Avar–Andic (or Avar–Andic–Didoic) branch of that family.

Internal branching

Schulze (2009)1 gives the following family tree:

References

References

  1. Schulze, Wolfgang (2009). "The Languages of the Caucasus" (PDF).