Laz

E206171

Kartvelian language South Caucasian language language

Laz is a South Caucasian (Kartvelian) language traditionally spoken by the Laz people along the southeastern Black Sea coast, particularly in northeastern Turkey and parts of Georgia.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Laz canonical	10

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Kartvelian language ⓘ South Caucasian language ⓘ language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Mingrelian language ⓘ surface form: Mingrelian
endangeredStatus	definitely endangered ⓘ
glottocode	lazz1240 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Lazuri ⓘ Lazuri nena ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation	Laz identity ⓘ
hasDialects	Arkabi dialect ⓘ Colchidian languages ⓘ surface form: Atina-Artasheni dialect Vitze-Arkabe dialect ⓘ Xopa dialect ⓘ Çxala dialect ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Laz people ⓘ
hasFeature	ergative alignment in some constructions ⓘ extensive verbal prefixation ⓘ
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts	community-based education ⓘ publication of Laz-language materials ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom	Georgian language ⓘ surface form: Georgian Greek ⓘ Turkish ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ polypersonal agreement on verbs ⓘ
hasNeighbourLanguage	Georgian language ⓘ surface form: Georgian Pontic Greek ⓘ Turkish ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate	tens of thousands ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	predominantly SOV word order ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	lzz ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	lzz ⓘ
languageFamily	Kartvelian ⓘ
partOf	Kartvelian languages ⓘ surface form: South Caucasian language family
recognizedAsMinorityLanguageIn	Turkey ⓘ
spokenIn	Black Sea region ⓘ surface form: Black Sea Region Georgia ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
subclassOf	Zan languages ⓘ
traditionalRegion	northeastern Turkey ⓘ southeastern Black Sea coast ⓘ southwestern Georgia ⓘ
usedByReligion	Islam (among most Laz speakers) ⓘ
usedInMusicGenre	Laz folk music ⓘ
writingSystem	Georgian script ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trabzon → hasMinorityLanguage → Laz ⓘ

Lazistan → associatedPeople → Laz ⓘ

Lazistan → historicalInhabitants → Laz ⓘ

Sanjak of Batum → ethnicComposition → Laz ⓘ

Asian Turkey → hasEthnicGroup → Laz ⓘ

Zan → hasPart → Laz ⓘ

Zan → closelyRelatedTo → Laz ⓘ

Kartvelian peoples → includes → Laz ⓘ

Colchidian languages → includesVariety → Laz ⓘ

Trabzon Province → ethnicGroup → Laz ⓘ