Khinalug
Sign in to saveAlso known as Khinalugh, Khinalig, Xinalug, Xinalugh, Khinalug language
Northeast Caucasian language of Azerbaijan
Key facts
- Pronunciation
- [kætʃ mit͡sʼ]
- Native to
- Azerbaijan
- Region
- Quba
- Ethnicity
- Khinalugs
- Native speakers
- 3,000 (2007)
- Language family
- Northeast Caucasian ? Lezgic Khinalug
- Writing system
- Cyrillic script , Latin script
- Iso 639 3
- kjj
- Glottolog
- khin1240
- Elp
- Khinalugh
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Encyclopedic overview
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Khinalug (also spelled Khinalig, Khinalugi, Xinalug(h), Xinaliq or Khinalugh) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 3,000 people in the villages of Khinalug and Gülüstan, Quba in the mountains of Quba Rayon, northern Azerbaijan. It may either belong to the Lezgic branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family, or it may form its own independent branch within that family.
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