Kryts language

Kryts
Jek
кърыцIаь мез qryc’ä mez
цIека meз c’eka mez
Spoken in Quba Rayon, Azerbaijan
Ethnicity Jek
Native speakers unknown (6000 cited 1975)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kry

Kryts (Kryc), or Jek (Cek, Dzek), 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.[1]

Kryts is endangered[2][3], classified as "severely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[4]

References

  1. ^ Ethnologue entry for Kryts
  2. ^ Published in: Encyclopedia of the world’s endangered languages. Edited by Christopher Moseley. London & New York: Routledge, 2007. 211–280.
  3. ^ The sociolinguistic situation of the Kryz in Azerbaijan
  4. ^ UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger