Udi language

Udi
удин муз, udin muz 𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔼𐕎 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐔵
Pronunciation	[udin muz]
Native to	Azerbaijan, Russia, Georgia
Region	Azerbaijan (Qabala and Oguz), Russia (North Caucasus), Georgia (Kvareli), and Armenia (Tavush)
Ethnicity	Udi people
Native speakers	3,800 in Azerbaijan (2011)[1] 1,860 in Russia (2020)[2] 90 in Georgia (2015)[1]
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Lezgic Samur Eastern Samur Udi
Early form	Caucasian Albanian
Dialects	Nidzh Vartashen
Writing system	Cyrillic, Latin, Caucasian Albanian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	udi
Glottolog	udii1243
ELP	Udi
Udi
Udi is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Udi (also called Uti or Udin)^[3] is a language spoken by the Udi people and a member of the Lezgic branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family.^[4] It is believed an earlier form of it was the main language of Caucasian Albania, which stretched from south Dagestan to current day Azerbaijan.^[5] The Old Udi language is also called the Caucasian Albanian language^[6] and possibly corresponds to the "Gargarian" language identified by medieval Armenian historians.^[5] Modern Udi is known simply as Udi.