Karto-Zan languages

The Karto-Zan languages, also known as Georgian–Zan, are a branch of the Kartvelian language family that contains the Georgian and Zan languages. The Svan language forms the other branch of the Kartvelian family, showing characteristic differences from the Karto-Zan group.^[2] It has been hypothesized that the divergence between Svan and Proto-Kartvelian goes back as far as the 19th century BC. Georgian and Zan on the other hand diversified from Proto-Georgian–Zan during the 7th century BC.^[3] Both languages share common archaic words related to metallurgy and agriculture absent in Svan.

Karto-Zan
Georgian–Zan
Geographic distribution	South Caucasus, Anatolia, Israel[1]
Linguistic classification	Kartvelian Karto-Zan
Proto-language	Proto-Georgian–Zan
Subdivisions	Georgian Zan
Language codes
Glottolog	geor1252

Classification

Proto-Kartvelian Karto‑Zan Georgian Zan Mingrelian Laz Svan

Family tree of the Kartvelian languages

The Karto-Zan languages constitute a branch of the Kartvelian language family. Glottolog internally divides the Karto-Zan group into the Georgic languages, which contain Georgian and its dialects, and Old Georgian, and the Zan languages, which contain the Mingrelian and Laz languages.^[1]