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]