Tsakhur language

Tsakhur
цӀаӀхна миз
ts'əxna miz
Pronunciation/t͡sʼaˤχna miz/
Native toNorth Caucasus
Azerbaijan
EthnicityTsakhurs
Native speakers
22,300 (2010-2011)[1]
Latin in Azerbaijan, Cyrillic in Russia
Official status
Official language in
 Russia
Language codes
ISO 639-3tkr
Glottologtsak1249
ELPTsakhur
  Tsakhur
Tsakhur is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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Tsakhur (Azerbaijani: Saxur dili; Russian: Цахурский язык, romanized: Tsakhursky yazyk) is a Lezgic language spoken by the Tsakhurs in northern Azerbaijan and southwestern Dagestan (Russia). It is spoken by about 11,700 people in Azerbaijan and by about 10,600 people in Russia.[1] The word Tsakhur derives from the name of a Dagestani village where speakers of this language make up the majority.

Although Tsakhur is endangered in communities in closest contact with Azerbaijani, it is vigorous in other communities, gaining prominence in the region, seen in the growth of interest in learning Tsakhur in school and a growing body of Tsakhur-learning materials.[2] Tsakhur is classified as "definitely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Tsakhur". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  2. ^ Clifton, John M.; Tiessen, Calvin; Deckinga, Gabriela; Lucht, Laura (2005). The Sociolinguistic Situation of the Tsakhur in Azerbaijan (PDF). SIL International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-14.
  3. ^ "UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Archived from the original on 2009-02-22. Retrieved 2010-03-25.