Jek language
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The Jek language is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Jek people in parts of the Caucasus region, primarily in Azerbaijan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jek language canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Northeast Caucasian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Western Asia ⓘ |
| country | Azerbaijan ⓘ |
| documentationLevel | poorly documented ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jek people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Dzhek
ⓘ
Jek language of Azerbaijan ⓘ Jekki ⓘ |
| hasConsonantPhonemes | rich inventory ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Haput dialect
ⓘ
Jek proper ⓘ Jekhi dialect ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ergative alignment
ⓘ
noun classes or genders ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | dzhe1238 ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | rich case system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ejective consonants
ⓘ
pharyngeal consonants ⓘ uvular consonants ⓘ |
| hasVowelPhonemes | relatively small inventory ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | jek ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Lezgic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Northeast Caucasian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShiftTowards |
Azerbaijani
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| linguisticClassification | Nakh-Daghestanian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Khinalug
ⓘ
Kryts ⓘ Lezgian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakersEstimate | a few hundred ⓘ |
| primarySettlement | Jek village ⓘ |
| region |
Quba
ⓘ
surface form:
Quba District
|
| spokenBy | several mountain villages communities ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Azerbaijan
ⓘ
Caucasus region ⓘ |
| statusInAzerbaijan | minority language ⓘ |
| transmission | declining intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | definitely or severely endangered ⓘ |
| usedIn | oral communication ⓘ |
| usedLessIn | formal education ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Cyrillic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.