ISO 639-3 · lezlez
Northeast Caucasian family
Lezgian
Лезги чIал
Lezgian is a language of the Samur branch (Northeast Caucasian), spoken in Russia and Azerbaijan. Wikidata counts about 633,610 speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “Northeast Caucasian language that belongs to the Lezgic languages”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lez- Glottocode
lezg1247- Family
- Northeast Caucasian
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 41.50, 47.70
- Wikipedia
- 87 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Lezgian · Лезги чIал |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lezgin, Lezgi, Lek |
| All speakers | 633,610 (2010) |
| Written in | Cyrillic |
| Grammatical cases | 8 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Northeast Caucasian to Lezgian
The branches above Lezgian, 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
deuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalrusRussianIndo-European · 110 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalfasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeukrUkrainianIndo-European · 34.7 m1 · NationalkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalazjNorth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 9.2 m1 · NationalbulBulgarianIndo-European · 9 m1 · NationalbelBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · National