- Agul language
language
name=Aghul
nativename=unicode|агъул чӀал
states=Russia , also spoken inAzerbaijan
region=SouthernDagestan
speakers=17,373 (1989 Census)
familycolor=Caucasian
fam1=Northeast Caucasian
fam2=Lezgic
iso2=agx|iso3=agxAghul, also called Agul, is a language spoken by the
Aguls who live in southernDagestan (a republic ofRussia ) andAzerbaijan .Classification
Aghul belongs to the Lezgic group of the Northeast Caucasian (Dagestan) language family.
Geographic distribution
In
1989 , Aghul was spoken by 17,373 people in Russia, mainly in Southern Dagestan, as well as 32 people in Azerbaijan.Official status
Aghul is not an
official language , and Lezgian is used as the literary language.Related languages
There are ten languages in the Lezgian language family, namely: Aghul, Tabasaran, Rutul, Lezgian, Tsakhur, Budukh, Kryts, Khinalugh, Udi and Archi.
Grammar
Adjectives
Independent and predicative adjectives take number marker and class marker; also case if used as nominal. As attribute they are invariable. Thus "idžed" "good", ergative, "idžedi", etc. "-n, -s;" pl. "idžedar"; but "Idže insandi hhuč qini" "The good man killed the wolf" (subject in ergative).
Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Bibliography
*Haspelmath, Martin. 1993. "A grammar of Lezgian". (Mouton grammar library; 9). Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter. – ISBN 3-11-013735-6
*Talibov, Bukar B. and Magomed M. Gadžiev. 1966. "Lezginsko-russkij slovar’". Moskva: Izd. Sovetskaja Ėnciklopedija.External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=lez Ethnologue report for Lezgi]
* [http://languageserver.uni-graz.at/ls/lang?id=3072 Languages of the World report]
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