Aghwan
Aghwan was a Nakh-Daghestanian language once spoken in Azerbaijan.
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Caucasian Albanian (also called Old Udi, Aluan or Aghwan) 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. The distinct Caucasian Albanian alphabet used 52 letters.
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.
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Words in Aghwan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | 𐕎𐔴 | ne |
| father | 𐔳𐔴 | de |
| child | 𐕘𐔰𐕙 | ġar |
| ear | 𐔽𐔼 | ˁi |
| hand | 𐕣𐕒𐕡𐔾 | kul |
| heart | 𐕆𐕞𐕡𐕄 | hüwḳ |
| blood | 𐕗𐔼 | ṗi |
| water | 𐕀𐔴 | xe |
| wind | 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕐 | muš |
| stone | 𐔻𐔴 | źe |
| cow | 𐕖𐕒𐕡𐕙 | čur |
| snake | 𐔱𐕈𐕇 | båx̣ |
| one | 𐕚𐔰 | sa |
| two | 𐕗𐕈 | ṗå |
| three | 𐕀𐔼𐔱 | xib |
| four | 𐔱𐔼𐕗 | biṗ |
| five | 𐕇𐕒 | x̣o |
| hundred | 𐔱𐔰𐔹 | bać̣ |
| I | 𐔵𐕒𐕡 | zu |
| you | 𐕛𐕒𐕡𐕎 | vun |
| we | 𐔷𐔰𐕎 | žan |
| salt | 𐔴𐔾 | el |
| wine | 𐕔𐔼 | fi |
| house | 𐕄𐕒𐕁 | ḳod' |
| book | 𐕁𐔼𐕗 | d'iṗ |
Most similar languages
Grammar
- UdiNakh-Daghestanian87% alike
- Southeastern KolamiDravidian84% alike
- Pottangi Ollar GadabaDravidian83% alike
- DargwaNakh-Daghestanian81% alike
- BudukhNakh-Daghestanian81% alike
- RutulNakh-Daghestanian81% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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