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Aghul
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Lezgic language spoken by the Aghuls in southern Dagestan (Russia) and in Azerbaijan
Key facts
- Native to
- North Caucasus , also spoken in Azerbaijan
- Region
- Southeastern Dagestan
- Ethnicity
- Aghuls
- Native speakers
- 33,182 (2020 census)
- Language family
- Northeast Caucasian Lezgic Samur Eastern Samur Lezgi –Aghul– Tabasaran Aghul
- Writing system
- Cyrillic
- Official language in
- Russia , Dagestan
- Regulated by
- Gamzata Tsadasa Institute of Language, Literature and Art [ ru ]
- Iso 639 3
- agx
- Glottolog
- aghu1260 Aghulic, aghu1253
- Elp
- Aghul
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- Lezgic
- Country
- Russia
- Located in
- Dagestan
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- writing system
- Cyrillic script
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 29300
- topic's main category
- Category:Aghul language
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- indigenous to
- Stavropol Krai
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
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Aghul is a Lezgic language within the Northeast Caucasian family, primarily spoken by the Aghuls in Azerbaijan and Southern Dagestan in Russia. It is spoken by about 33,200 people (2020 census).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aghul” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.