Udi

Also known as Udi language, udin muz

Northeast Caucasian language

Key facts

Pronunciation: [ udin muz ]
Native to: Azerbaijan, Russia, Georgia
Region: Azerbaijan ( Qabala and Oguz ), Russia ( North Caucasus ), Georgia ( Kvareli ), and Armenia ( Tavush )
Ethnicity: Udi people
Native speakers: 3,800 in Azerbaijan (2011) , 1,860 in Russia (2020) , 90 in Georgia (2015)
Language family: Northeast Caucasian Lezgic Samur Udi
Early form: Caucasian Albanian
Dialects: Nidzh Oktomberi Vartashen
Writing system: Cyrillic , Latin , Caucasian Albanian
Iso 639 3: udi
Linguist list: udi.html
Glottolog: udii1243

Article

Udi (also called Uti or Udin) is a language spoken by the Udi people and a member of the Lezgic branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family. It is believed an earlier form of it was the main language of Caucasian Albania, which stretched from south Dagestan to current day Azerbaijan. The Old Udi language is also called the Caucasian Albanian language and possibly corresponds to the "Gargarian" language identified by medieval Armenian historians. Modern Udi is known simply as Udi.

History