The Andic languages are a branch of the
Northeast Caucasian
The Northeast Caucasian languages, also called East Caucasian, Nakh-Daghestani or ''Vainakh-Daghestani'', is a family of languages spoken in the Russian republics of Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia and in Northern Azerbaijan as well as in ...
language family. They are often grouped together with the
Avar language
Avar (, , "language of the mountains" or , , "Avar language"), also known as Avaric, is a Northeast Caucasian language of the Avar–Andic subgroup that is spoken by Avars, primarily in Dagestan. In 2010, there were approximately 1 million ...
and (formerly) with the
Tsezic (Didoic) languages to form an
Avar–Andic (or Avar–Andic–Didoic) branch of that family.
Internal branching
Schulze (2009)
[The Languages of the Caucasus, by Wolfgang Schulze (2009)](_blank)
/ref> gives the following family tree for the Andic languages:
* Andi (Qwannab)
* Akhvakh–Tindi
** Akhvakh
** Karata–Tindi
*** Karata (Kirdi)
*** Botlikh–Tindi
**** Botlikh
**** Godoberi
**** Chamalal
**** Bagvalal–Tindi
***** Bagvalal
***** Tindi
References
Northeast Caucasian languages
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