Lezgic
E901936
Lezgic is a branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family comprising several closely related languages spoken primarily in southern Dagestan (Russia) and northern Azerbaijan.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lezgic languages | 3 |
| Lezgic canonical | 2 |
| Lezgian languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10987824 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Lezgic Context triple: [Tsakhur language, languageBranch, Lezgic]
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A.
Lezgian
Lezgian is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken primarily by the Lezgin people in southern Dagestan and northern Azerbaijan.
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B.
Lezghinka
Lezghinka is a fast-paced, energetic traditional folk dance of the peoples of the North Caucasus, often featuring sharp footwork and expressive, dramatic movements.
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C.
Lezgins
Lezgins are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native primarily to southern Dagestan in Russia and northern Azerbaijan, known for their distinct Lezgian language and rich traditional culture.
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D.
Kumyk
Kumyk is a Turkic language traditionally spoken by the Kumyk people in the North Caucasus region, particularly in present-day Dagestan, Russia.
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E.
Heruli
The Heruli were an East Germanic tribal group known for their role in the late Roman Empire’s military and for participating in the migrations and power struggles that reshaped Europe in late antiquity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Lezgic Target entity description: Lezgic is a branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family comprising several closely related languages spoken primarily in southern Dagestan (Russia) and northern Azerbaijan.
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A.
Lezgian
Lezgian is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken primarily by the Lezgin people in southern Dagestan and northern Azerbaijan.
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B.
Lezghinka
Lezghinka is a fast-paced, energetic traditional folk dance of the peoples of the North Caucasus, often featuring sharp footwork and expressive, dramatic movements.
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C.
Lezgins
Lezgins are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native primarily to southern Dagestan in Russia and northern Azerbaijan, known for their distinct Lezgian language and rich traditional culture.
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D.
Kumyk
Kumyk is a Turkic language traditionally spoken by the Kumyk people in the North Caucasus region, particularly in present-day Dagestan, Russia.
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E.
Heruli
The Heruli were an East Germanic tribal group known for their role in the late Roman Empire’s military and for participating in the migrations and power struggles that reshaped Europe in late antiquity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of language family
ⓘ
group of languages ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Lezgi
NERFINISHED
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Lezgian branch ⓘ |
| characteristicFeature |
complex case system
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ejective consonants ⓘ noun class distinctions in some member languages ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | Northeast Caucasian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | eastern Caucasus ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Aghul language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Budukh language NERFINISHED ⓘ Khinalug language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kryts language ⓘ Lezgian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Rutul language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tabasaran language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsakhur language ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Nuclear Lezgic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peripheral Lezgic ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Nakh-Daghestanian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Northeast Caucasian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Caucasus ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Republic of Dagestan
NERFINISHED
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Russia ⓘ northern Azerbaijan ⓘ southern Dagestan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
minority language group in Azerbaijan
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minority language group in Russia ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ |
| typology |
agglutinative
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ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Aghul people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Budukh people NERFINISHED ⓘ Khinalug people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kryts people NERFINISHED ⓘ Lezgin people NERFINISHED ⓘ Rutul people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tabasaran people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsakhur people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Cyrillic script for several member languages
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Latin script for some member languages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Lezgic Description of subject: Lezgic is a branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family comprising several closely related languages spoken primarily in southern Dagestan (Russia) and northern Azerbaijan.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.