Mingrelian language

Mingrelian
მარგალური ნინა margaluri nina
Native toGeorgia
RegionMingrelia
Abkhazia
EthnicityMingrelians
Native speakers
345,000 (2015)[1]
Georgian script
Language codes
ISO 639-3xmf
Glottologming1252
ELPMingrelian
Mingrelian is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Valerian speaking Mingrelian

The Mingrelian or Megrelian language (მარგალური ნინა margaluri nina) is a Kartvelian language spoken in Western Georgia (regions of Mingrelia and Abkhazia), primarily by the Mingrelians. Mingrelian has historically been only a regional language within the boundaries of historical Georgian states and then modern Georgia, and the number of younger people speaking it has decreased substantially, with UNESCO designating it as a "definitely endangered language".[2]

  1. ^ Mingrelian at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger". UNESCO. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

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