Languages of the Caucasus
South-West Caucasian Languages:
Georgian
(Adzhar)
(Khevsur)
(Gurian)
(Imeretian)
(Ingilo)
(Kakhian)
(Kartlian)
(Mokhevian)
(Mtiulian)
(Pshavian)
(Rachian)
(Tushian)
Laz
Mingrelian
Svan
(Lower Svan)
(Upper Svan)

North-West Caucasian Languages:
Abaza
Abkhaz
(Abzhui)
(Bzyb)
Adyghe [West Circassian]
Kabardian [East Circassian]
(Beslenei Kabardian)
(Kuban Kabardian)
(Mozdok Kabardian)
North East Caucasian Languages:
Avar-Andi-Dido Languages:
Avar
Andi Languages:
Akhvakh
Andi
Bagvalal
Botlikh
Godoberi
Karata
Tindi
Chamalal
Dido [Tsez] Languages:
Bezhta [Kapucha]
Khwarshi
Tsez [Dido]
Hinukh
Hunzib
Lak-Dargwa Group:
Dargwa
Lak
Lesgian Languages:
Aghul
Archi
Budukh
Khinalug
Dzhek [Kryts]
Lesgian
Rutul
Tabasaran
Udi
Tsakhur
Nakh Languages:
Batsbi [Tsova-Tush]
Ingush
Chechen
(Kist)
Indo-European Languages:
Armenian
Kurdish
Ossetic
(Digor)
(Iron)
(Tual)
Russian
Tati
Turkic Languages:
Azeri Turkic
Balkar
Karapapak [Meskhian]
Karachay
Kumyk
Noghay
Turkic
(other janguages unassigned)
(Dialects in parentheses)
Toponyms:
Arkhavi [Arhavi]
Atina [Pazar]
Akhaltsikhe
Akhalkalaki
Balakan
Batumi
Blagodarnyi
Buynaksk
Tsakhur
Cherkessk
Tskhinvali
Davachi
Derbent
Digora
Gagra
Gakh
Gazakh
Gegechkori [Marṭvili]
Gonagkent
Gori
Groznyj
Guba
Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk
Kilazi
Kirovabad
Kirovakan
Kizilyurt
Kizlyar
Kochubey
Kostek
Kubachi
Kutaisi
Lahyd
Leninakan
Madrasa
Maykop
Manaskent
Makhachkala
Mineral'nye Vody
Mozdok
Nal'chik
Neftekumsk
Nij
Ochamchire
Poti
Prikumsk
Rize
Rutul
Sergokala
Sochi
Stavropol'
Sukhumi
Tbilisi
Telavi
Trabzon
Tuapse
Shamakhy
Vartashen
Vitse [Fındıklı]
Vladikavkaz
Khasavyurt
Khopa [Hopa]
Zugdidi
[Name variants in square brackets]



Copyright of the map: Jost Gippert, Frankfurt a/M, 1993-2003.
A previous version of the map was published in printed form in H. Glück (ed.), Metzler Lexikon Sprache, Stuttgart / Weimar: Metzler 1993 and later editions, and in Georgi Andreevič Klimov, Einführung in die kaukasische Sprachwissenschaft ("Introduction to Caucasian linguistics"), German version by Jost Gippert, Hamburg: Buske 1994, p. 403.