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Also known as Khinalugh, Khinalig, Xinalug, Xinalugh, Khinalug language

Northeast Caucasian language of Azerbaijan

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Pronunciation
[kætʃ mit͡sʼ]
Native to
Azerbaijan
Region
Quba
Ethnicity
Khinalugs
Native speakers
3,000 (2007)
Language family
Northeast Caucasian ? Lezgic Khinalug
Writing system
Cyrillic script , Latin script
Iso 639 3
kjj
Glottolog
khin1240
Elp
Khinalugh

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number of speakers, writers, or signers
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Khinalug (also spelled Khinalig, Khinalugi, Xinalug(h), Xinaliq or Khinalugh) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 3,000 people in the villages of Khinalug and Gülüstan, Quba in the mountains of Quba Rayon, northern Azerbaijan. It may either belong to the Lezgic branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family, or it may form its own independent branch within that family.

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