Jek language
| Jek | |
|---|---|
|
Cekcə məz цIека meз c’eka mez | |
| Native to | Azerbaijan |
| Region | Quba |
Native speakers | 1,500+ (date missing) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog |
dzhe1238[1] |
Cek,[2] also known as Jek, Dzhek, is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 1,500 to 11,000 people in the villages of Jek in the mountains of northern Azerbaijan.[3] Belongs to the Samurian division of the northwest branch of the Caucasic language family[4]
Jek language is not a written language and Azeri serves as the literary language of the Jek, as well as all Shahdagh peoples.[4]
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Dzhek". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Н. МАРР : "Яфетические языки", Большая сов. энциклопедия, 1-е изд., т. 65, Москва : Сов. Энц., 1931, стр. 841.
- ↑ Tərxan Paşazadə, "Dünyanın nadir etnik qrupu – Azərbaycan cekliləri", Azərbaycan qəzeti
- 1 2 Wixman, Ronald. The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook. New York: M.E. Sharpe and London, Macmillan. 1984.
External links
- Tərxan Paşazadə, "Dünyanın nadir etnik qrupu – Azərbaycan cekliləri", Azərbaycan qəzeti
- Большая Энциклопедия в 62 томах: Джеки
- Speech.
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