Alwan language

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Alwan column (above) on a column capital from the 7th century AD, Mingəçevir Museum

The Alwanische (also Aluanisch / Ag [h] Wanisch or "Caucasian Albanian," not to be confused with the Balkan language Albanian ) is considered the older stage of the Northeast Caucasian Udischen and was (among other languages) in the Kingdom of Albania (also Alwan, Aluan, even " Caucasian Albania ”), which dates from around 100 BC. Existed , spoken , until 700 AD in the north and west of what is now the Republic of Azerbaijan . It is known from a palimpsest and from a number of inscriptions in its own alphabet, which is said to go back to Mesrop Mashtots (see also Caucasian languages: Alwan alphabet ).

literature

  • Wolfgang Schulze : The language of the Uden in North Azerbajdžan . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1982.
  • Zaza Aleksidze and Jean-Pierre Mahé: Découverte d'un texte albania: une langue ancienne du Caucase retrouvée . In: CRAI , 1997, pp. 517-532. (French)
  • The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai. Ed. by Jost Gippert - Wolfgang Schulze - Zaza Aleksidze - Jean-Pierre Mahé. 1-2. Turnhout: Brepols 2009. XXIV, 530 pp., Number. Fig. (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi. Series Ibero-Caucasica 2).
  • Le Lectionnaire albania des manuscrits géorgien palimpsestes N Sin 13 et N Sin 55 (Xe – XIe siècle). Essai d'interprétation liturgiques par Charles Renoux (Patrologia Orientalis 52.4 - № 234). Turnhout: Brepols 2012. 195 pp. ISBN 978-2-503-54800-5 .

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