Lezgic

E901936
branch of language family group of languages

Lezgic is a branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family comprising several closely related languages spoken primarily in southern Dagestan (Russia) and northern Azerbaijan.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lezgic languages 3
Lezgic canonical 2
Lezgian languages 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of language family ⓘ
group of languages ⓘ
alternativeName Lezgi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lezgian branch ⓘ
characteristicFeature complex case system ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ
noun class distinctions in some member languages ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
geneticClassification Northeast Caucasian NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicDistribution eastern Caucasus ⓘ
hasMember Aghul language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Budukh language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khinalug language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kryts language ⓘ
Lezgian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rutul language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tabasaran language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tsakhur language ⓘ
hasSubgroup Nuclear Lezgic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peripheral Lezgic ⓘ
languageFamily Nakh-Daghestanian NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Northeast Caucasian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Caucasus ⓘ
spokenIn Republic of Dagestan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
northern Azerbaijan ⓘ
southern Dagestan NERFINISHED ⓘ
status minority language group in Azerbaijan ⓘ
minority language group in Russia ⓘ
subfamilyOf Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ
typology agglutinative ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ
usedBy Aghul people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Budukh people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khinalug people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kryts people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lezgin people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rutul people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tabasaran people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tsakhur people NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script for several member languages ⓘ
Latin script for some member languages ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Tsakhur language → languageBranch → Lezgic ⓘ
Dargwa language → closelyRelatedTo → Lezgic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lezgian languages
Rutul language → subfamily → Lezgic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lezgic languages
Agul language → subfamily → Lezgic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lezgic languages
Agul language → languageBranch → Lezgic ⓘ
Archi language → subfamilyOf → Lezgic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lezgic languages