Khinalug language

Khinalug language

Infobox Language
name=Khinalug
nativename=каьтш мицI / kätš micʼ
pronunciation= [kætʃ mit͡sʼ]
states=Azerbaijan
region=Quba
speakers=1,500 ~ 4,000
familycolor=Caucasian
fam1=North-East Caucasian
iso2=cau
iso3=kjj

Khinalug, also known as Xinalugh or Khinalugh, is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 1,500 to 4,000 people in the villages of Khinalug and Gülüstan in the mountains of northern Azerbaijan.

References

*Desheryev, Ju. D. 1959. "Grammatika xinalugskogo jazyka." Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow.
*Hewitt, George. 2004. "Introduction to the Study of the Languages of the Caucasus." LINCOM, Munich. p. 29.
*Kibrik, Aleksandr E. 1972. "Fragmenty grammatiki xinalugskogo jazyka." Izdatel'stvo Moskovskogo Universiteta, Moscow.
*Kibrik, Aleksandr E. 1994. "Khinalug". In: "The Indigenous Languages of the Caucasus", vol. 4; Rieks Smeets (ed.); Caravan Books, Delmar (New York). pp. 367–406.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kjj Khinalugh in the Ethnologue]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_work.asp?id=45403 Clifton, John M. u.a. 2005. "The Sociolinguistic Situation of the Khinalug in Azerbaijan". SIL International.]
* [http://etheo.h10.ru/xina01.htm Etheo Project, Khinalug]


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