Zok language

Zok
Agulis–Meghri
Native tooriginally SE Nakhichevan
Native speakers
(few)
Dialects
  • Agulis
  • Meghri
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologagul1245

Zok, also known as Agulis–Meghri, is a variety of Eastern Armenian. It is commonly considered a dialect, but is unintelligible to speakers of Standard Eastern Armenian.[1][2] Its speakers refer to it as zokerēn or the "Zok language". Zok is significantly different from other Armenian varieties, leading to myths about its origins. One common belief is that the Zoks are half-Armenian, half-Jewish merchants who created a secret language to conceal their business dealings from outsiders. However, in reality, the Zoks are an indigenous Armenian community from the Nakhichevan region.[3][4]

  1. ^ Vaux, Bert (2007). Zok: The Armenian dialect of Agulis. p. 2.
  2. ^ "A Documentation of the Zok Language (otherwise known as the Armenian dialect of Agulis) | Endangered Languages Archive". www.elararchive.org. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  3. ^ Strazny, Philipp. Encyclopedia of Linguistics (1 ed.). Taylor & Francis. p. 85.
  4. ^ Brown, Keith; Ogilvie, Sarah (2010). Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World. Elsevier Science. p. 68. ISBN 9780080877754.