Kryts language

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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][not specific enough to verify], classified as "severely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[4]

[edit] References

  • Authier, Gilles. 2009. Grammaire kryz. Paris: Peeters.
  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


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