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Name:
Lezgian
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Kiurinty; Lezgin; Kiurinsty; Lezghi; Lezgi; Curali
Spoken in:
Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey
Number of speakers:
397,000 in Russian Federation (2002 Census). Population total all countries: 783,720. Ethnic population: 411,535 in Russia (2002 Census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
500000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
451112
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
lez
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Nakh-Daghestanian (North East Caucasian; Caucasian; North Caucasian (highly contested))
Parent Subgroup:
East Nuclear Lezgian; East Lezgic (elzg)
Child Dialects:
Anyx (lez-any)
Akhty (lez-akh)
Garkin (lez-gar)
Kubachi; Kuba (lez-kub)
Gjunej (lez-gju)
Quba (lez-qub)
Stal (lez-sta)
Kiuri (lez-kiu)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Lezgian
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