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)