Lezgian
Northeast Caucasian language that belongs to the Lezgic languages
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Summary
Lezgian is a natural language[1]. Lezgian draws 1,639 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #198 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Russia[3], Azerbaijan[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Subclass of: Samur[6]
- Writing system: Cyrillic script[7]
- Commons category: Lezgian language[8]
- Wikimedia language code: lez[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lezgian language[10]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 633,610[11]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12]
- Native label: Лезги чIал[13], лезги[14]
- Short name: лекъаг[15]
- UNESCO language status: 2 vulnerable[16]
- Indigenous to: Qusar District[17], Dagestan[18], Guba District[19], Khachmaz District[20], Shaki District[21], Aghdash District[22], Agsu District[23], Balakan District[24], Goychay District[25], Yevlakh District[26], Zaqatala District[27], Zardab District[28], Kurdamir District[29], Samukh District[30]
- Female form of label: la langue lezghienne[31]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LEZ[32]
- Has grammatical case: postessive case[33], subdirective case[34], postdirective case[35], superelative case[36], superdirective case[37], addirective case[38], inelative case[39], postelative case[40]
- Has grammatical mood: prohibitive[41], subelative case[42]
- Ethnologue language status: 4 Educational[43]
- Linguistic typology: stress-timed language[44]
Why It Matters
Lezgian has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Lezgian is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]