Kryts | |
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Kryc | |
кърыцIаь мез ġrəċä mez/qryc’ä mez цIека meз ċeka mez/c’eka mez Йергуьж мез | |
Pronunciation | [ɢrɨts’æ mɛz] |
Native to | Azerbaijan |
Region | Quba Rayon |
Ethnicity | Kryts people |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2007)[1] |
Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kry |
Glottolog | kryt1240 |
ELP | Kryts |
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 , 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]