ISO 639-3 · ubyuby
North Caucasian family · extinct or historical language
Ubykh
Ubykh is an extinct or historical language of the Northwest Caucasian branch (North Caucasian), spoken in Turkey. Wikidata describes it as “extinct Northwest Caucasian language once spoken by the Ubykh people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
uby- Glottocode
ubyk1235- Family
- North Caucasian
- EGIDS
- 10 Extinct
- UNESCO
- Extinct
- Centre point
- 43.67, 39.67
- Wikipedia
- 52 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
2levels in the tree
10EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Ubykh |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ubykh language |
| Written in | Cyrillic, Latin script |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 10 Extinct10
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Extinct
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From North Caucasian to Ubykh
The branches above Ubykh, 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 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