Lezgi

Lezgi (лезги чӀал / lezgi čʼal)

Lezgi or Lezgian is part of the small family of Nakh-Daghestanian or Northeast
Caucasian languages spoken by about 400,000 people in southern part of Dagestan,
a republic of Russia, and northern Azerbaijan in the eastern Caucasus. There are
also speakers in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The main dialects are Kiuri, Akhty, Kuba, Gjunej, Garkin,
Anyx and Stal.

Lezgi was first written a version of the Arabic alphabet at the beginning
of the 20th century. The Latin alphabet was introduced in the 1920s and then
that in turn was replaced by the Cyrillic alphabet during the 1930s. Written
Lezgi is based on the Gjunej dialect.

Cyrilic alphabet for Lezgian

Cyrilic alphabet for Lezgian

Links

The Lezgi site – information about the Lezgian language and people
http://www.republika.pl/lezgi/

Лезги ЧІал
– information about the Lezgian language (in Russian)
http://lezgin.boxmail.biz

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