name of one of the chief Colchian tribes, which is almost identical to the name given to the Mingrelians by the Svans (??-??? m?-zän). Georgian linguist Akaki Shanidze proposed the name "Colchidian" for Zan.

History

According to a glottochronological analysis by G. Klimov, the Zan languages had

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