Lezgic

E901936

Lezgic is a branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family comprising several closely related languages spoken primarily in southern Dagestan (Russia) and northern Azerbaijan.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lezgic languages 21
Lezgian languages 2
Lezgic canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of language family ⓘ
group of languages ⓘ
alternativeName Lezgi ⓘ
Lezgian branch ⓘ
characteristicFeature complex case system ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ
noun class distinctions in some member languages ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
geneticClassification Northeast Caucasian ⓘ
geographicDistribution eastern Caucasus ⓘ
hasMember Aghul language ⓘ
linked to: Agul language

Budukh language ⓘ
Khinalug language ⓘ
Kryts language ⓘ
Lezgian language ⓘ
linked to: Lezgian

Rutul language ⓘ
Tabasaran language ⓘ
Tsakhur language ⓘ
hasSubgroup Nuclear Lezgic ⓘ
Peripheral Lezgic ⓘ
languageFamily Nakh-Daghestanian ⓘ
partOf Northeast Caucasian language family ⓘ
region Caucasus ⓘ
spokenIn Republic of Dagestan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
northern Azerbaijan ⓘ
southern Dagestan ⓘ
linked to: Dagestan
status minority language group in Azerbaijan ⓘ
minority language group in Russia ⓘ
subfamilyOf Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ
typology agglutinative ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ
usedBy Aghul people ⓘ
Budukh people ⓘ
Khinalug people ⓘ
Kryts people ⓘ
Lezgin people ⓘ
Rutul people ⓘ
Tabasaran people ⓘ
Tsakhur people ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script for several member languages ⓘ
Latin script for some member languages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

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

Dargwa language → closelyRelatedTo → Lezgian languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Rutul language → subfamily → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Agul language → subfamily → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Archi language → subfamilyOf → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Udi language → subfamily → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Kryts language → languageBranch → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Jek language → languageBranch → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Dargwa → closelyRelatedTo → Lezgian languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Northern Tabasaran → languageBranch → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Southern Tabasaran → languageFamily → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Aghul → subfamily → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Rutul → subfamily → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Rutuls → languageBranch → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Tabasaran people → languageBranch → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Kuba dialect → languageFamily → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Kurakh dialect → languageBranch → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Aguls → languageBranch → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Archins → languageBranch → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
North Caucasian languages → hasSubgroup → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
North Caucasian → hasMemberLanguage → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Tsʼakhur → languageSubfamily → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic
Tsakhur language → subfamily → Lezgic languages ⓘ
subject linked to: Tsakhuri
linked to: Lezgic
Tsakhur people → languageBranch → Lezgic languages ⓘ
linked to: Lezgic