ISO 639-3 · kbdkbd
North Caucasian family
Kabardian
Къэбэрдей
Kabardian is a language of the Northwest Caucasian branch (North Caucasian), spoken in Russia, Turkey, Jordan and Syria and 3 more countries. Wikidata counts about 1.6 m speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “Northwest Caucasian language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kbd- Glottocode
kaba1278- Family
- North Caucasian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 43.50, 43.40
- Wikipedia
- 81 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
7countries
4scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kabardian · Къэбэрдей |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kabardino-Circassian, Kabardian language, East Circassian, Kabardian-Circassian |
| All speakers | 1,600,000 (2007) |
| Written in | Kabardian script, Cyrillic, Latin script, Arabic script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From North Caucasian to Kabardian
The branches above Kabardian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Russia
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