| Akhvakh | |
|---|---|
| Ашвaлъи мицIи ašʷaƛi mic’ːi | |
| Pronunciation | [aʃʷat͡ɬi mit͡s’ːi] |
| Native to | North Caucasus, Azerbaijan |
| Region | Southern Dagestan, northern Azerbaijan |
| Ethnicity | Akhvakh |
Native speakers | 7,521 in Dagestan (2020 census)[1] 6,500 total (2006)[2] 20,000 total (2007)[3] |
Northeast Caucasian
| |
| Cyrillic | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | akv |
| Glottolog | akhv1240 Akhvakhic |
| ELP | Akhvakh |
 Akhvakh | |
 Akhvakh is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010) | |
The Akhvakh language (also spelled Axvax, Akhwakh) is a Northeast Caucasian language from the Avar–Andic branch. Ethnologue lists 210 speakers based on the 2010 census,[4] but Magomedova and Abulaeva (2007) list 20,000 speakers of the language, and the 2021 Russian census gave 7,521 speakers in Russia.[1] There are also some 1,000-2,000 speakers in Akhvakh-Dere, a village in Zagatala District, Azerbaijan.[5] It is the most divergent out of all of the Andic languages.[6]
- ^ a b Том 5. «Национальный состав и владение языками». Таблица 7. Население наиболее многочисленных национальностей по родному языку
- ^ Kori͡akov, I͡U B. (2006). "РЕЕСТР КАВКАЗСКИХ ЯЗЫКОВ". Atlas kavkazskikh i͡azykov: s prilozheniem polnogo reestra i͡azykov (PDF). Institut i͡azykoznanii͡a (Rossiĭskai͡a akademii͡a nauk). Moskva: Piligrim. ISBN 978-5-9900772-1-8.
- ^ "Ахвахский язык". Большая российская энциклопедия (in Russian). 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2022). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (25th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
- ^ "The Akhvakhs". The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ^ "Андийские языки". Большая российская энциклопедия (in Russian). 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2024-10-03.