Kryts language

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Kryts
кърыцIаь мез qryc’ä mez
цIека meз c’eka mez
Region Quba Rayon, Azerbaijan
Ethnicity Kryts
Native speakers
5,000  (2007)[1]
Northeast Caucasian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kry

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], classified as "severely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[5]

References

  • Authier, Gilles. 2009. Grammaire kryz. Paris: Peeters.
  1. Kryts reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ethnologue entry for Kryts
  3. Published in: Encyclopedia of the world’s endangered languages. Edited by Christopher Moseley. London & New York: Routledge, 2007. 211–280.
  4. The sociolinguistic situation of the Kryz in Azerbaijan
  5. UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger

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