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Kryts language

Kryts language

Samur language of Azerbaijan

Kryts (Kryc) is a Samur language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in parts of the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan by 6,000 people in 1975.[1] Its dialects are Kryts, Jek, Khaput, Yergyudzh, and Alyk, which are all quite distinct to the point of only partial mutual intelligibility, therefore they could also be considered separate languages in a dialect continuum.[1]

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Kryts is endangered,[3][4] classified as "severely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[5]

Phonology

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...
  • /ʁ/ may also be realized as [ɢ] or [qː], in complementary distribution.
  • Sounds /t͡s, d͡z/ only occur in other dialects of the language.
  • An /h/ may vary from a glottal sound to an epiglottal fricative /ʜ/.

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...
  • /i/ can be heard as [ɨ], in free variation
  • The four vowels may also be pharyngealized as /iˤ, uˤ, eˤ, aˤ/.

References

  • Authier, Gilles (2009). Grammaire kryz. Collection Linguistique (Société de linguistique de Paris). Vol. 93. Leuven: Peeters. ISBN 9789042923157.
  1. [1]
    Kryts at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger Archived 22 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "Kryts". The Endangered Languages Project.
  4. [4]
    "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger". UNESCO.
  5. [5]
    UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger Archived February 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine


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