Botlikh

Facts

  • Language: Botlikh
  • Alternate names: Botlix, Bujxałi mic’c’i, ботлихский язык, буйхалъи мицIцIи, буйхaдалъи мицIцIи, ბოთლიხური ენა
  • Language code: bph; botl1242
  • Language family: Northeast Caucasian; Nakh-Daghestanian; Avar-Andic (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: ~5,000-8,000 speakers
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script:

More information:

    Has loans from Avar. In the 20th century Russian has also come to exert a heavy influence. (The Red Book of the Languages of the Russian Federation)