Rutul

E483554

Rutul is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Rutul people primarily in southern Dagestan, Russia, and parts of northern Azerbaijan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rutul canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northeast Caucasian language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Aghul language
linked to: Agul language

Lezgian language
linked to: Lezgian

Tabasaran language
Tsakhur language
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
ethnicGroup Rutul people
hasAlignmentType ergative–absolutive alignment
hasAlternativeName Mykʼadyqʼ
Rutulian
hasBasicWordOrder SOV
hasCaseSystem extensive noun case system
hasDialect Borč dialect
linked to: Borch-Khnov dialect

Hnov dialect
Ikhrek dialect
Khnov dialect
linked to: Borch-Khnov dialect

Luchek dialect
Mishlesh dialect
Mukhad dialect
Shinaz dialect
Shtul dialect
hasGenderSystem noun classes
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language
hasNumberCategory plural
singular
hasNumberOfSpeakersRange 30000–40000
hasPhonologicalFeature ejective consonants
rich consonant inventory
influencedBy Arabic language
linked to: Arabic

Azerbaijani language
Russian language
iso6393Code rut
languageFamily Northeast Caucasian languages
minorityLanguageIn Azerbaijan
Russia
region Caucasus
spokenIn Azerbaijan
Dagestan
Russia
northern Azerbaijan
spokenPrimarilyIn southern Dagestan
subfamily Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
usedFor local literature
oral communication
usedInEducation primary level in some schools
writingSystem Cyrillic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.