Svan

Facts

  • Language: Svan
  • Alternate names: lušnu nin, სვანური ენა, ლუშნუ ნინ, svanuri ena, сванский язык, лушну нин
  • Language code: sva
  • Language family: Kartvelian
  • Number of speakers: 30,000
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Cyrillic script. Georgian (Mkhedruli) script. Latin script.

More information:

    Many Georgian (See: [[Georgian]]) speakers still claim Svan ethnicity (2007). Christian (Lakhamul).

    It is important to note that South Caucasian is not genetically related in any demonstrable way to other language families of the Caucasus.