Kryts language
| Kryts | |
|---|---|
| кърыцIаь мез qryc’ä mez | |
| цIека meз c’eka mez | |
| Region | Quba Rayon, Azerbaijan |
| Ethnicity | Kryts |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kry |
| Glottolog | kryt1240 |
| ELP | Kryts |
Kryts (Kryc) is a Samur language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in parts of the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan by 6,000 people in 1975.[2] Its dialects are Kryts, Jek, Khaput, Yergyudzh, and Alyk, which are all quite distinct and could be considered separate languages.[2]
Kryts is endangered[3][4][not specific enough to verify], classified as "severely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[5]
References
- Authier, Gilles. 2009. Grammaire kryz. Paris: Peeters.
- ^ Kryts at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ a b Ethnologue entry for Kryts
- ^ Published in: Encyclopedia of the world’s endangered languages. Edited by Christopher Moseley. London & New York: Routledge, 2007. 211–280.
- ^ The sociolinguistic situation of the Kryz in Azerbaijan
- ^ UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
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