Jek language explained

Jek
Nativename:Cekcə məz
цIека meз c’eka mez
States:Azerbaijan
Region:Quba
Speakers:1,500–11,000
Date:no date
Familycolor:Caucasian
Fam1:Northeast Caucasian
Fam2:Lezgic
Fam3:Samur
Fam4:Southern Samur
Glotto:dzhe1238
Glottorefname:Dzhek
Script:unwritten

Cek,[1] also known as Jek or Dzhek, is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 1,500 to 11,000 Jek people in the village of Jek in the mountains of northern Azerbaijan.[2]

The Jek language is not a written language and Azeri serves as the literary language of the Jek, as well as all Shahdagh peoples.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Н. МАРР : "Яфетические языки", Большая сов. энциклопедия, 1-е изд., т. 65, Москва : Сов. Энц., 1931, стр. 841. . 2012-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121028081841/http://www2.unil.ch/slav/ling/textes/MARR-31a/txt.html . 2012-10-28 . dead .
  2. http://www.azerbaijan-news.az/index.php?Lng=aze&year=2007&Pid=14472 Tərxan Paşazadə, "Dünyanın nadir etnik qrupu – Azərbaycan cekliləri", Azərbaycan qəzeti
  3. Wixman, Ronald. The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook. New York: M.E. Sharpe and London, Macmillan. 1984.