Lezgin

E600269

Lezgin is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken primarily by the Lezgin people in southern Dagestan (Russia) and northern Azerbaijan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lezgin canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lezgic language ⓘ
Northeast Caucasian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Aghul ⓘ
Rutul ⓘ
Tabasaran ⓘ
Tsakhur ⓘ
linked to: Tsakhurs
ethnicLanguageOf Lezgin people ⓘ
hasCurrentScript Cyrillic script ⓘ
hasDialects multiple regional dialects ⓘ
hasGlottocode lezg1247 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Lezgian ⓘ
hasHistoricalScript Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Latin script ⓘ
hasISO6391Code none ⓘ
hasISO6392Code lez ⓘ
hasISO6393Code lez ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology head-final language ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguageStatusIn Azerbaijan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
hasMorphologyType agglutinative ⓘ
hasNativeName lezgi č’al ⓘ
лезги чӏал ⓘ
linked to: Lezginka
hasNumberOfCases many grammatical cases ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature ejective consonants ⓘ
pharyngeal consonants ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasStandardFormBasedIn Dagestan ⓘ
hasWordOrder SOV ⓘ
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable or threatened ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageIn none ⓘ
isTaughtAt some universities in Russia ⓘ
languageBranch Lezgic ⓘ
languageFamily Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ
primaryCountry Azerbaijan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
region Caucasus ⓘ
Northeast Caucasus ⓘ
linked to: North Caucasus
spokenIn Azerbaijan ⓘ
Dagestan ⓘ
Republic of Dagestan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
northern Azerbaijan ⓘ
southern Dagestan ⓘ
subclassOf Lezgic branch of Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ
usedInEducationAt primary school level in Dagestan ⓘ
usesCaseSystem ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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