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svan language
The SvanLanguage is a SvanGroupLanguage of GeorgiaFormerSovietRepublic. SIL code: SVA. ISO 639-2: cau. Population: 35,000 (1975). Alternate names: LUSHNU, SVANURI. Dialects: UPPER BAL, LOWER BAL, LASHX, LENTEX. Comments: Georgian and Russian are used as literary languages. Svan is used in daily family communication. Proficiency limited among young people. Reports indicate that speakers want to remain separate from Georgian. Their name for their language is 'Lushnu'. Not a written language. Traditional territory and way of life. Christian, Jewish (Lakhamul).(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancescontent bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 south caucasian languageA SouthCaucasianLanguage is any one of five languages forming a distinct family of languages that are unrelated to any others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
 svan group languageOf the five SouthCaucasianLanguages, one is classified as a SvanGroupLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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