Kryts language explained

Kryts
Also Known As:кърыцIаь мез ġrəċä mez
Nativename:цIека meз ċeka mez
States:Azerbaijan
Region:Quba Rayon
Ethnicity:Kryts people
Speakers:5,000
Date:2007
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Caucasian
Fam1:Northeast Caucasian
Fam2:Lezgic
Fam3:Samur
Fam4:Southern Samur
Iso3:kry
Glotto:kryt1240
Glottorefname:Kryz
Dia1:Kryts
Dia2:Jek
Dia3:Khaput
Dia4:Yergyudzh
Dia5:Alyk
Map2:Lang Status 40-SE.svg

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,[1] [2] classified as "severely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[3]

Phonology

Consonants

LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarUvularPharyngeal/
Epiglottal
Glottal
plainlab.pal.plainlab.pal.
Stopvoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
ejectivepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)
Affricatevoiceless(pronounced as /link/)pronounced as /link/
ejectivepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voiced(pronounced as /link/)pronounced as /link/
Fricativevoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Trillpronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Closepronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/

Orthography

In 2020, a dictionary was published in the Khaput variety, using the Latin script.[4]

A aB bC cÇ çÇ' ç'D dE eӘ әF fG gĞ ğĞ' ğ'
H hH' h'Ĥ ĥX xX' x'J jİ iI ıK kK' k'Q qQ' q'
Q̂ q̂L lM mN nO oÖ öP pP' p'R rS sŞ şS' s'
T tU uÜ üV vY yZ z

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kryts. The Endangered Languages Project.
  2. Web site: UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. UNESCO.
  3. http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00206 UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
  4. Book: Hərərə Mezınə Şikilbəzınə Luğət . 978-9952-511-17-8 . Picture Dictionary in the Haput Language.