Botlikh language

Botlikh
Botlix
Буйхалъи мицIцIи/Bujxałi mic’c’i
Pronunciation[bujχaɬi mits’ːi]
Native toNorth Caucasus
RegionSouthwestern Dagestan[1]
Ethnicity3,788 Botlikh people (2020)
Native speakers
5,073 (2020 census)[2]
c. 8,000 (2012)[3]
Northeast Caucasian
Dialects
  • Botlikh proper
  • Miarso
unwritten
(transcribed using Cyrillic script)
Language codes
ISO 639-3bph
Glottologbotl1242
ELPBotlikh
  Botlikh
Botlikh is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)

Botlikh (also spelled Botlix) is an Andic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken by the Botlikhs in the villages of Botlikh (Buikhe), Miarso and Ashino, as well as in Chontaul, Ankho and in Batlakhatli [ru],[4] in southwestern Dagestan, Russia by approximately 5,000 people, according to the 2020 census.[2]

  1. ^ Ethnologue language map of European Russia, with Botlikh shown in the inset with reference number 9
  2. ^ a b 7. НАСЕЛЕНИЕ НАИБОЛЕЕ МНОГОЧИСЛЕННЫХ НАЦИОНАЛЬНОСТЕЙ ПО РОДНОМУ ЯЗЫКУ
  3. ^ "Ботлихский язык". Большая российская энциклопедия (in Russian). 21 May 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Ботлихский язык | Малые языки России". minlang.iling-ran.ru. Retrieved 27 September 2024.