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Name:
Tsakhur
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Sakhur; Tsaxur; Caxur; Tsakhury; Tsakhar
Spoken in:
Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Russia
Number of speakers:
13,000 in Azerbaijan (1989 census). Population total all countries: 22,843. Ethnic population: 13,318 in Azerbaijan (1989 census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
25000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
20073
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
tkr
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:
Mikik (tkr-mik)
Kirmico-Lek (tkr-kir)
Misles (tkr-mis)
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Tsakhur
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