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 21
Lezgian languages 2
Lezgic canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of language family
group of languages
alternativeName Lezgi
Lezgian branch
characteristicFeature complex case system
ejective consonants
noun class distinctions in some member languages
rich consonant inventory
geneticClassification Northeast Caucasian
geographicDistribution eastern Caucasus
hasMember Aghul language
linked to: Agul language

Budukh language
Khinalug language
Kryts language
Lezgian language
linked to: Lezgian

Rutul language
Tabasaran language
Tsakhur language
hasSubgroup Nuclear Lezgic
Peripheral Lezgic
languageFamily Nakh-Daghestanian
partOf Northeast Caucasian language family
region Caucasus
spokenIn Republic of Dagestan
Russia
northern Azerbaijan
southern Dagestan
linked to: Dagestan
status minority language group in Azerbaijan
minority language group in Russia
subfamilyOf Northeast Caucasian languages
typology agglutinative
ergative–absolutive alignment
usedBy Aghul people
Budukh people
Khinalug people
Kryts people
Lezgin people
Rutul people
Tabasaran people
Tsakhur people
writingSystem Cyrillic script for several member languages
Latin script for some member languages

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

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

Dargwa language closelyRelatedTo Lezgian languages
linked to: Lezgic
Rutul language subfamily Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Agul language subfamily Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Archi language subfamilyOf Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Udi language subfamily Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Kryts language languageBranch Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Jek language languageBranch Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Dargwa closelyRelatedTo Lezgian languages
linked to: Lezgic
Northern Tabasaran languageBranch Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Southern Tabasaran languageFamily Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Aghul subfamily Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Rutul subfamily Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Rutuls languageBranch Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Tabasaran people languageBranch Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Kuba dialect languageFamily Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Kurakh dialect languageBranch Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Aguls languageBranch Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Archins languageBranch Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
North Caucasian languages hasSubgroup Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
North Caucasian hasMemberLanguage Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Tsʼakhur languageSubfamily Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
Tsakhur language subfamily Lezgic languages
subject linked to: Tsakhuri
linked to: Lezgic
Tsakhur people languageBranch Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic