Hinukh language

E416668

The Hinukh language is a highly endangered Northeast Caucasian language spoken by a small community in the mountainous region of Dagestan, Russia.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hinukh language canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northeast Caucasian language
endangered language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Bezhta language
Hunzib language
Khwarshi language
Tsez language
country Russia
endangermentStatus highly endangered
severely endangered
ethnicGroup Hinukh people NERFINISHED
family Nakh-Daghestanian languages NERFINISHED
glottocode hinu1240
hasAlternativeName Ginukh
Hinux
hasCaseSystem yes
hasGrammaticalFeature locative cases
noun classes
rich case morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature ejective consonants
pharyngealized consonants
rich consonant inventory
ISO639-3Code gin
languageFamilyBranch Tsez
surface form: Tsezic
languageShiftTo Avar language
Russian language
locatedInMountainousRegion yes
minorityLanguageIn Russia
morphologyType agglutinative
numberOfSpeakers approximately 200–500
fewer than 500
primaryContactLanguage Avar language
Russian language
primaryDomainOfUse community oral communication
home
region Caucasus
spokenIn Dagestan
Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
spokenInRepublic Russian Federation (Dagestan)
surface form: Republic of Dagestan
statusInEducation not used as medium of formal education
subfamily Avar-Andic languages
surface form: Avar–Andic–Tsakhur branch
subgroup Tsezic languages
typology ergative–absolutive alignment
UNESCOStatus severely endangered
usedAsSecondLanguage Russian language
wordOrder SOV
writingSystem no widely used standardized writing system
primarily unwritten

Referenced by (3)

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

Northeast Caucasian languages hasMember Hinukh language
Tsez language closelyRelatedTo Hinukh language
Bezhta language isRelatedTo Hinukh language