Khinalug language

E419341

The Khinalug language is a highly endangered Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Khinalug people in a single mountain village in northern Azerbaijan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khinalug language canonical 2
Xınalıq dili 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northeast Caucasian language
endangered language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo no major living language (considered a divergent branch)
country Republic of Azerbaijan
linked to: Azerbaijan
documentationStatus partially documented
endangermentStatus highly endangered
severely endangered
family Northeast Caucasian
geographicDistribution single mountain village community
glottocode khin1240
hasAlternativeName Khinalugh
linked to: Khinalug

Khinalugi
linked to: Khinalug

Khinlog
Kinalug
Xınalıq dili
linked to: Khinalug language
hasCommunityEthnonym Khinalug people NERFINISHED
hasCommunityName Khinalug
hasLinguisticFeature complex verbal morphology
ergative alignment
noun classes
rich consonant inventory
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
synthetic
hasPhonologicalFeature ejective consonants
pharyngeal consonants
hasSOVOrder true
iso639-3Code kjj
languageBranchStatus often treated as its own branch of Northeast Caucasian
languageFamilyStatus sometimes classified as an isolate within Northeast Caucasian
languageShiftTo Azerbaijani
primaryUse oral communication
primaryVillageElevation over 2000 meters above sea level
recognizedAs minority language in Azerbaijan
regionType Caucasus Mountains
linked to: Caucasus
spokenBy Khinalug people NERFINISHED
spokenByPopulation small community
spokenIn Azerbaijan
Khinalug village
linked to: Khinalug
spokenInRegion Quba District
linked to: Quba

northern Azerbaijan
subfamily Khinalug
UNESCOStatus severely endangered
usedInEducation very limited
writingSystem Cyrillic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northeast Caucasian languages hasMember Khinalug language
Kryts language closelyRelatedTo Khinalug language
Khinalug language hasAlternativeName Xınalıq dili
linked to: Khinalug language