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Name: Rutul
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Rutuly; Mykhanidy; Chal; Rutal; Mukhad; Rutultsy
Spoken in: Azerbaijan, Russia
Number of speakers: 29,400 in Russian Federation (2002 Census). Population total all countries: 29,510. Ethnic population: 29,929 in Russia (2002 Census) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 29383 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 20111 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: rut
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Nakh-Daghestanian (North East Caucasian; Caucasian; North Caucasian (highly contested))
Parent Subgroup: West Nuclear Lezgian; West Lezgic (wnlz)
Child Dialects: Borch (rut-bor) Shina (rut-shi) Ixreko-Muxrek (rut-ixr)

Endangerment Status


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

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