Khinalug language
Khinalug (also spelled Khinalig, Khinalugi, Xinalug(h), Xinaliq or Khinalugh) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 3,000 people in the villages of Khinalug and Gülüstan, Quba in the mountains of Quba Rayon, northern Azerbaijan. It forms its own independent branch within the Northeast Caucasian language family.
| Khinalug | |
|---|---|
| каьтш мицI / kätš micʼ | |
| Pronunciation | [kætʃ mit͡sʼ] |
| Native to | Azerbaijan |
| Region | Quba |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2007) |
Northeast Caucasian
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| Cyrillic script, Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kjj |
| Glottolog | khin1240 |
| ELP | Khinalugh |
Khinalug (in Azerbaijan) | |
Khinalug is endangered, and classified as "severely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
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