Caucasian Albanian language
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Caucasian Albanian (also called Old Udi, Aluan or Aghwan)[2] is an extinct member of the Northeast Caucasian languages. It was spoken in Caucasian Albania, which stretched from current day south Dagestan to Azerbaijan. Linguists believe it is an early linguistic predecessor to the endangered Northeast Caucasian Udi language.[3] The distinct Caucasian Albanian alphabet used 52 letters.
Aghwan | |
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Old Udi Gargarian Caucasian Albanian | |
Native to | Caucasian Albania |
Era | 6th–8th century AD. Developed into Udi[1] |
Caucasian Albanian | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xag |
xag | |
Glottolog | aghw1237 |
A 7th-century column capital with Caucasian Albanian text |
Caucasian Albanian possibly corresponds to the "Gargarian" language identified by medieval Armenian historians. Despite its name, Caucasian Albanian bears no linguistic relationship whatsoever with the Albanian language spoken in Albania, which belongs to the Indo-European family.