and only later moved north to the Caucasus. Proto-NEC is reconstructed with words for concepts such as yoke (*...ƛ / *...ƛƛ’), as well as fruit trees such as apple (*hʕam(V)c / *hʕam(V)č) and pear (*qur / *qar; *qʕur ?), that suggest agriculture was well developed before the proto-language broke up. See also Northwest Caucasian languages North Caucasian languages References Bibliography External links Various Northeast Caucasian language dictionaries online from IDS (select simple or advanced browsing) CIA linguistic map of the Caucasus Atlas of Multilingualism in Dagestan Intercontinental Dictionary Series (contain online dictionaries of various Northeast Caucasian languages) Caucasian languages Languages of Azerbaijan Languages of Russia Language families