Budukh language

Budukh
Будад мез budad mez
Pronunciation[budanu mɛz]
Native toAzerbaijan
RegionQuba Rayon
Ethnicity1,000 Budukhs (1990)[1]
Native speakers
200 (2010)[1]
Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3bdk
Glottologbudu1248
ELPBudukh
  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]

  1. ^ a b c Budukh at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger Archived 22 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "The Budukhs". The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire.
  4. ^ Published in: Encyclopedia of the world’s endangered languages. Edited by Christopher Moseley. London & New York: Routledge, 2007. 211–280.
  5. ^ The sociolinguistic situation of the Budukh in Azerbaijan