Kilit dialect

Kilit
Kilit
Native to	Azerbaijan
Region	Nakhchivan
Extinct	20th century
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Talysh group Tati Harzandi Kilit; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	kili1273
	Kilit is an extinct language according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
	Coordinates: 38°56.7′N 46°5.9′E

Kilit is an extinct Iranian dialect of Azerbaijan that is closely related to Talysh. It is probably a dialect of Iranian Tati, otherwise found only in Iran, specifically a subdialect of Harzandi. It was spoken in the villages around Kilit, located 12 kilometers southwest from the city of Ordubad in a district with the same name of Nakhchivan in Azerbaijan. It was still used by non-native speakers as a second language in the 1950s.

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