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Name: Akhvakh
Type: Language
Alternate Name: Axvax
Spoken in: Russia
Number of speakers: 6,500 (2006 Koryakov) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 5793 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 3500 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: akv
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Nakh-Daghestanian (North East Caucasian; Caucasian; North Caucasian (highly contested))
Parent Subgroup: Andi; Andic (andi)
Child Dialect: Kaxib; Tsegob; Northern Akhvakh; Southern Akhvakh; Tlyanub (akv-kax)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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