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Preferred term

xmfMingrelian  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Mingrelian, or Megrelian (მარგალური ნინა margaluri nina; ), is a Kartvelian language spoken in Western Georgia (regions of Samegrelo and Abkhazia), primarily by Georgians of Mingrelian origin. The language was also called Iverian (Georgian iveriuli ena) in the early 20th century. Because for more than a thousand years Mingrelian holds only a regional status within Georgia, the number of its speakers has been decreasing in favor of the national language, with UNESCO designating it as a definitely endangered language.

Entry terms

  • Mingrelian language

ISO 639-3 code

  • xmf

In other languages

  • Մեգրելերեն

    Armenian

  • Meqrel dili

    Azerbaijani

  • Megreleg

    Breton

  • Мегрелски език

    Bulgarian

  • 明格列尔语

    Chinese

  • Мегрел чĕлхи

    Chuvash

  • Mingrelski jezik

    Croatian

  • Mingreels

    Dutch

  • Mingrela kartvela lingvo

    Esperanto

  • Finnish

  • Mingrélien

    French

  • მეგრული ენა

    Georgian

  • Mingrelische Sprache

    German

  • מגרלית

    Hebrew

  • Mingrél nyelv

    Hungarian

  • Lingua mengrelia

    Italian

  • メグレル語

    Japanese

  • Megrelų kalba

    Lithuanian

  • Мингрелски јазик

    Macedonian

  • მარგალური ნინა

    Mingrelian

  • Mingrelsk

    Norwegian

  • Lenga mingrelian

    Piedmontese

  • Język megrelski

    Polish

  • Língua mingreliana

    Portuguese

  • Мегрельский язык

    Russian

  • Idioma megreliano

    Spanish

  • Swedish

  • ภาษาเมเกรเลีย

    Thai

  • Megrelce

    Turkish

  • Мегрельська мова

    Ukrainian

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/xmf

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