ISO 639-3 · kapkap
Northeast Caucasian family
Bezhta
Bezhta is a language of the Tsezic branch (Northeast Caucasian), spoken in Georgia and Russia. Wikidata counts about 6,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language belonging to the Tsezic group of the North Caucasian language family spoken by people in southern Dagestan, Russia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kap- Glottocode
bezh1248- Family
- Northeast Caucasian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 23 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bezhta |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bezhta language, Bechitin, Bechitin language, Bexita, Bexita language |
| All speakers | 6,000 |
| Written in | Cyrillic |
| Grammatical cases | 3 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Northeast Caucasian to Bezhta
The branches above Bezhta, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Georgia
azeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafekurKurdishIndo-European · 21 mSafeazjNorth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 9.2 m1 · NationalhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalkatGeorgianKartvelian · 3.7 m1 · NationalcheChechenNortheast Caucasian · 1.4 m2 · ProvincialpntPontic GreekIndo-European · 778,0006a · VigorousavaAvarNortheast Caucasian · 766,5003 · Wider CommunicationxmfMingrelianunclassified · 345,5306a · VigorouslzzLazunclassified · 250,0006b · Threatened