Kryts

Facts

  • Language: Kryts
  • Alternate names: Kryz, Kryc, Dzek, кърыцIаь мез, qryc’ä mez, цIека meз, c’eka mez, Qrız dili, крызский язык, джекский язык, Kryzy, Katsy, Dzhek, Dzheki, Kjruaj mez,
  • Language code: kry
  • Language family: North Caucasian, East Caucasian, Lezgic, Nuclear Lezgic, South Lezgic (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: <5,000
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Unwritten.

More information:

    Muslim (Sunni).

    The Kryz language belongs to the Shahdag subgroup of Southeast or Lezgian-Samur group of the Dagestan languages, together with Budukh and Khinalug, but it has linguistic similarities only with Budukh. ( The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire)