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Lezgic

Eurasian Language Families

The Lezgic languages are one of seven branches of the Northeast Caucasian language family, spoken primarily by the Lezgin ethnic groups of the eastern Caucasus. Lezgic languages are spoken by roughly one million people.

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Classification Confidence
Established 1
Reconstructed Ancestor
Reconstructed 2
Speaker Count
1,000,000 2
Proto-Language Status
Proto-Lezgic reconstructed 2
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Number of Languages
11 1
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Source Glottolog
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1. Glottolog: Lezgic (languoid record)
Glottolog
  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 11
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Lezgic languages (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Lezgin languages are spoken by some 1 million people.
  • Infobox, Proto-language
    Proto-language: Proto-Lezgic language
  • Infobox: protoname
    Proto-Lezgic language
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Wikidata: Lezgic
Wikidata Q2144370, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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