Hunzib language

Hunzib
Gunzib
гьонкьос мыц / honƛʼos mɨc
Pronunciation[ˈhont͡ɬʼos mɨt͡s]
Native toNorth Caucasus
RegionSouthern Dagestan
Native speakers
1,400 (2006–2010)[1]
3,466 (2020)[2]
Northeast Caucasian
  • Tsezic
    • Bezhta–Hunzib–Khwarshi
      • Hunzib
Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-3huz
Glottologhunz1247
ELPHunzib
  Hunzib
Hunzib is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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Hunzib is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Hunzib people in southern Dagestan,[3] near the Russian border with Georgia.

  1. ^ Hunzib at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Том 5. «Национальный состав и владение языками». Таблица 7. Население наиболее многочисленных национальностей по родному языку
  3. ^ Ethnologue entry for Hunzib