Zan languages
Branch of Kartvelian containing Mingrelian and Laz
The Zan languages, or Zanuri (Georgian: แแแแฃแ แ แแแแแ) or Colchidian, are a branch of the Kartvelian languages constituted by the Mingrelian and Laz languages. The grouping is disputed as some Georgian linguists consider the two to form a dialect continuum of one Zan language. This is often challenged on the most commonly applied criteria of...