ISO 639-3 · lzzlzz
unclassified
Laz
ლაზური
Laz is a language, spoken in Turkey and Georgia. Wikidata counts about 250,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “South Caucasian language in the Kartvelian family, close to Mingrelian, spoken by the Laz people on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lzz- Glottocode
lazz1240- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 41.20, 41.10
- Wikipedia
- 64 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
—levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Laz · ლაზური |
|---|---|
| Also called | Laz language, lzz, Laze, Chanuri |
| All speakers | 250,000 |
| Written in | Latin script, Georgian scripts |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelwhere 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 Turkey
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeturTurkishTurkic · 88.1 m1 · NationalapcLevantine ArabicAfroasiatic · 44 mazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeapcNorth Levantine ArabicAfroasiatic · 24.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkurKurdishIndo-European · 21 mSafeazbSouth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkmrKurmanjiIndo-European · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationaluigUyghurEastern Karluk · 10.4 m2 · Provincial