| Budukh | |
|---|---|
| Будад мез budad mez | |
| Pronunciation | [budanu mɛz] |
| Native to | Azerbaijan |
| Region | Quba Rayon |
| Ethnicity | 1,000 Budukhs (1990)[1] |
Native speakers | 200 (2010)[1] |
| Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bdk |
| Glottolog | budu1248 |
| ELP | Budukh |
 Budukh | |
 Budukh is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2] | |
Budukh or Budugh (Будад мез, Budad mez[3]) is a Lezgic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in parts of the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan. It is spoken by about 200 of approximately 1,000 ethnic Budukhs.[1]
Budukh is a severely endangered language,[4][5] and classified as such by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[2]
- ^ a b c Budukh at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger Archived 22 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Budukhs". The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire.
- ^ Published in: Encyclopedia of the world’s endangered languages. Edited by Christopher Moseley. London & New York: Routledge, 2007. 211–280.
- ^ The sociolinguistic situation of the Budukh in Azerbaijan