Editing Noun class (section)

=== Caucasian languages ===
Some members of the [[Northwest Caucasian languages|Northwest Caucasian]] family, and almost all of the [[Northeast Caucasian languages]], manifest noun class. In the Northeast Caucasian family, only [[Lezgian language|Lezgian]], [[Udi language|Udi]], and [[Aghul language|Aghul]] do not have noun classes. Some languages have only two classes, whereas [[Bats language|Bats]] has eight. The most widespread system, however, has four classes: male, female, animate beings and certain objects, and finally a class for the remaining nouns. The [[Andi language]] has a noun class reserved for insects.

Among Northwest Caucasian languages, only [[Abkhaz language|Abkhaz]] and [[Abaza language|Abaza]] have noun class, making use of a human male/human female/non-human distinction.

In all Caucasian languages that manifest class, it is not marked on the noun itself but on the dependent verbs, adjectives, pronouns and postpositions or prepositions.