Caucasian language

/kɔˌkeɪʒən ˌlæŋgwɪdʒ/
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Other forms: Caucasian languages

Definitions of Caucasian language
  1. noun
    a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere
    synonyms: Caucasian
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    Chechen
    a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen
    Circassian
    a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Circassian
    Georgian
    a southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a long literary tradition
    Ubykh
    an extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey
    Abkhasian, Abkhazian
    a Circassian language spoken by the Abkhaz
    type of:
    natural language, tongue
    a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
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