Kryts language

Kryts
Kryc
кърыцIаь мез ġrəċä mez/qryc’ä mez
цIека meз ċeka mez/c’eka mez
Йергуьж мез
Pronunciation[ɢrɨts’æ mɛz]
Native toAzerbaijan
RegionQuba Rayon
EthnicityKryts people
Native speakers
5,000 (2007)[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3kry
Glottologkryt1240
ELPKryts
  Kryts
Kryts is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]

Kryts (Kryc) is a Lezgic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in parts of the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan by 6,000 people in 1975.[1] Its dialects are Kryts, Jek, Khaput, Yergyudzh [lez], and Alyk, which are all quite distinct to the point of only partial mutual intelligibility, therefore they could also be considered separate languages in a dialect continuum.[1]

Kryts is endangered,[3][4] classified as "severely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Kryts at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger Archived 22 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Kryts". The Endangered Languages Project.
  4. ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger". UNESCO.
  5. ^ UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger Archived February 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine