| Lak | |
|---|---|
| лакку маз lakku maz لاکّو ماز | |
| Pronunciation | [lakːu maz] |
| Native to | North Caucasus |
| Region | Mountain Dagestan |
| Ethnicity | Laks |
Native speakers | 152,050 (2010 census)[1] |
| Cyrillic (Lak alphabet) Latin (formerly) Arabic (formerly) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Russia
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lbe |
| Glottolog | lakk1252 |
 Lak | |
 Lak is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Lak (лакку маз, [lakːu maz] ) is a Northeast Caucasian language forming its own branch within this family. It is the language of the Lak people from the Russian autonomous republic of Dagestan, where it is one of six standardized languages. It is spoken by about 157,000 people.
- ^ Lak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)