- Source: Kryts language
Kryts (Kryc) is a Lezgic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in parts of the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan by 6,000 people in 1975. 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.
Kryts is endangered, classified as "severely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
Phonology
= Consonants
=/ʁ/ may also be realized as [ɢ] or [qː], in complementary distribution.
Sounds /t͡s, d͡z/ only occur in other dialects of the language.
/h/ may vary from a glottal sound to an epiglottal fricative /ʜ/.
= Vowels
=/i/ can be heard as [ɨ], in free variation
The four vowels may also be pharyngealized as /iˤ, uˤ, eˤ, aˤ/.
Orthography
In 2020, a dictionary was published in the Khaput variety, using the Latin script.
References
Authier, Gilles (2009). Grammaire kryz. Collection Linguistique (Société de linguistique de Paris). Vol. 93. Leuven: Peeters. ISBN 9789042923157.
External links
Kryts basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Azerbaijan
- Suku Budukh
- Rumpun bahasa Kaukasus Timur Laut
- Daftar bahasa menurut rumpun bahasa
- Kryts language
- Kryts
- Kryts people
- Languages of Azerbaijan
- Lezgian language
- CEK
- Lezgic languages
- Tsakhur language
- Northeast Caucasian languages
- Jek language
