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The term Ibero-Caucasian (or Iberian-Caucasian) was proposed by Georgian linguist Arnold Chikobava for the union of the three language families that are specific to the Caucasus, namely

• South Caucasian, also called Kartvelian.
• Northwest Caucasian, also called Abkhazo-Adyghean.
• Northeast Caucasian, also called Nakho–Dagestanian.

Ibero-Caucasian
Caucasian
(defunct)
Geographic distribution	Caucasus
Linguistic classification	Proposed language family
Subdivisions	Northwest Caucasian Northeast Caucasian South Caucasian
Glottolog	None

The Ibero-Caucasian phylum would also include three extinct languages: Hattic, connected by some linguists to the Northwest (Circassian) family, and Hurrian and Urartian, connected to the Northeast (Nakh–Dagestanian) family.

Family status

The affinities between the three families are disputed. A connection between the Northeast and Northwest families is seen as likely by many linguists; see the article on the North Caucasian languages for details.

On the other hand, there are no known affinities between South Caucasian and the northern languages, which are two unrelated phyla even in Greenberg's deep classification of the world's languages. "Ibero-Caucasian" therefore remains at best a convenient geographical designation.

Family name

The "Iberian" in the family name refers to Caucasian Iberia — a kingdom centered in Eastern Georgia which lasted from the 4th century BC to the 5th century AD, and is not related to the Iberian Peninsula.

See also

• Languages of the Caucasus

Main research centers

• TSU Institute of caucasiology
• Chikobava Institute of Linguistics of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (Tbilisi).
• Department of Caucasiology at the University of Jena (Germany).
• Faculty of Philology at the Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi).

Main publications

• The Yearbook of the Iberian-Caucasian Linguistics (Tbilisi).
• Revue de Kartvelologie et Caucasologie (Paris).

Bibliography

• Tuite, Kevin (2008): "The Rise and Fall and Revival of the Ibero-Caucasian Hypothesis", Historiographia Linguistica Vol. 35, No. 1-2., pp. 23–82.

На других языках

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- [en] Ibero-Caucasian languages

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[es] Lenguas íbero-caucásicas

El término Ibero-caucásico fue propuesto por el lingüista georgiano Arnold Chikobava para unir las tres familias lingüísticas que son específicas del área del Cáucaso, llamadas:

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[it] Lingue ibero-caucasiche

Le lingue ibero-caucasico sono un'ipotetico gruppo linguistico proposto dal linguista georgiano Arnold Chikobava con lo scopo di definire dei rapporti di parentela tra le tre famiglie di lingue caucasiche, vale a dire:

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[ru] Кавказские языки

Кавка́зские языки́ (устаревший термин — ибери́йско-кавка́зские языки) — условное название автохтонных языков Кавказа. В эту общность входят языки абхазо-адыгской, картвельской и нахско-дагестанской семей языков. Учёные выдвигали множество гипотез о родстве трёх семей между собой или с языками вне Кавказа, но ни одна из этих гипотез не является общепризнанной.

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