Lezgin

E600269

Lezgin is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken primarily by the Lezgin people in southern Dagestan (Russia) and northern Azerbaijan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lezgin canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lezgic language
Northeast Caucasian language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Aghul
Rutul
Tabasaran
Tsakhur
linked to: Tsakhurs
ethnicLanguageOf Lezgin people
hasCurrentScript Cyrillic script
hasDialects multiple regional dialects
hasGlottocode lezg1247
hasGlottologName Lezgian
hasHistoricalScript Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Latin script
hasISO6391Code none
hasISO6392Code lez
hasISO6393Code lez
hasLinguisticTypology head-final language
hasMinorityLanguageStatusIn Azerbaijan
Russia
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasNativeName lezgi č’al
лезги чӏал
linked to: Lezginka
hasNumberOfCases many grammatical cases
hasPhonologicalFeature ejective consonants
pharyngeal consonants
rich consonant inventory
hasStandardFormBasedIn Dagestan
hasWordOrder SOV
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable or threatened
isOfficialLanguageIn none
isTaughtAt some universities in Russia
languageBranch Lezgic
languageFamily Northeast Caucasian languages
primaryCountry Azerbaijan
Russia
region Caucasus
Northeast Caucasus
linked to: North Caucasus
spokenIn Azerbaijan
Dagestan
Republic of Dagestan
Russia
northern Azerbaijan
southern Dagestan
subclassOf Lezgic branch of Northeast Caucasian languages
usedInEducationAt primary school level in Dagestan
usesCaseSystem ergative–absolutive alignment
writingSystem Cyrillic script

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