Agul language

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Aghul
агъул чӀал
Spoken in: Russia, also spoken in Azerbaijan 
Region: Southern Dagestan
Total speakers: 17,373 (1989 Census)
Language family: Northeast Caucasian
 Lezgian
  Aghul
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: agx
ISO 639-3: agx

**Used Lezgi language page as a template, working on replacing information**

Aghul, also called Agul, is a language spoken by the Aguls who live in southern Dagestan (a republic of Russia) and Azerbaijan.

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[edit] Classification

Aghul belongs to the Lezgian group of the Northeast Caucasian (Dagestan) language family.

[edit] Geographic distribution

In 1989, Aghul was spoken by 17,373 people in Russia, mainly in Southern Dagestan, as well as 32 people in Azerbaijan.

[edit] Official status

Aghul is not an official language, and Lezgi is used as the literary language.

[edit] Related languages

There are ten languages in the Lezgian language family, namely: Aghul, Tabasaran, Rutul, Lezgi, Tsakhur, Budukh, Kryts, Khinalugh, Udi and Archi.


[edit] Grammar

[edit] Adjectives

Independent and predicative adjectives take number marker and class marker; also case if used as nominal. As attribute they are invariable. Thus idžed "good", ergative, idžedi, etc. -n, -s; pl. idžedar; but Idže insandi hhuč qini "The good man killed the wolf" (subject in ergative).

[edit] Pronouns

[edit] Personal Pronouns

[edit] Bibliography

  • Haspelmath, Martin. 1993. A grammar of Lezgian. (Mouton grammar library; 9). Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter. – ISBN 3-11-013735-6
  • Talibov, Bukar B. and Magomed M. Gadžiev. 1966. Lezginsko-russkij slovar’. Moskva: Izd. Sovetskaja Ėnciklopedija.

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