Also known as: Lezgi
A Northeast Caucasian language of southern Dagestan and northern Azerbaijan. Around 800,000 speakers; one of the most studied Daghestanian languages.
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Lezgian is a dialect of the Lezgian language.
Lezgian is primarily spoken in Russia, Azerbaijan.
Lezgian is part of the Middle East region on DialectAtlas.
Yes — Lezgian is also referred to as Lezgi.
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A Southwestern Iranian language of the Mountain Jews of the eastern Caucasus, historically classed as a Judeo-Tat variety. Spoken in Krasnaya Sloboda (Quba) in Azerbaijan and Derbent in Dagestan, with substantial Hebrew, Aramaic, and Azerbaijani influence. Written historically in Hebrew script, then Cyrillic from the Soviet period onward.
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A Northeast Caucasian language of Dagestan, the largest of the Daghestanian languages. Used as a regional lingua franca across many of Dagestan's small mountain communities.
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The Oghuz Turkic language of Azerbaijan, centred on Baku. Closely related to Turkish; written in a Latin-based alphabet since the post-Soviet reform.
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A Northeast Caucasian (Nakh) language and the official language of the Chechen Republic in Russia. The largest Northeast Caucasian language, with around 1.5 million speakers.
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The largest Kartvelian language and the official language of Georgia. Written in the unique Mkhedruli script, with a literary tradition dating back to the 5th century.
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An eastern Iranian language of the North Caucasus, the only living descendant of the ancient Scythian-Sarmatian languages. Two main varieties: Iron (the standard) and the more divergent Digor.