Re: Kasgian languages

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "CG" <sonno3@...> wrote:

> Hello,
> Does anyone on the list have any information about the Kasgian
> language group of Northern Anatolia? I can't find anything on the
> web. I see from Mallory and Adams (EIEC) that it was a non-IE
> language family that is not well documented.

I'm thinking that "Kasgian" is just a variant of "Kasogian".
Search under "Kasogi(-an)", "Cherkess", "Circassian" and
"Kabardian". The Ossetians call the Circassians "kasag",
with the adjectival form "kasgon".

David