Andic languages explained

Andic
Region:	Dagestan
Familycolor:	Caucasian
Fam1:	Northeast Caucasian
Fam2:	Avar–Andic
Glotto:	andi1254
Glottorefname:	Andic

The Andic languages are a branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family. They are often grouped together with the Avar language and (formerly) with the Tsezic (Didoic) languages to form an Avar–Andic (or Avar–Andic–Didoic) branch of that family.

Internal branching

Schulze (2009)^[1] gives the following family tree:

• Andic languages
  • Andi (Qwannab)
  • Akhvakh–Tindi
    • Akhvakh
    • Karata–Tindi
      • Karata (Kirdi)
      • Botlikh–Tindi
        • Botlikh
        • Godoberi
        • Chamalal
        • Bagvalal–Tindi
          • Bagvalal
          • Tindi

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Languages of the Caucasus. Schulze. Wolfgang. 2009.