- Yergyudzh
- Xaput
- Dzhek
- Kryz
- Alyk
John M. Clifton. 2009. "The Future of the Shahdagh Languages." In International Journal of the Sociology of Language, edited by Joshua A. Fishman and Ofelia Garcia Otheguy. 2009: 33-45. De Gruyter. Online: http://www.degruyter.com.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/view/j/ijsl.2009….
Speaker Number Trend 3
Only about half of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are decreasing steadily, but not at an accelerated pace.
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
Speakers
Location and Context
"Ethnic Kryz make up the majority in two clusters of villages: the mountain cluster of Hapıt, Әlik, Cek, Qrız, and Qrızd ehn e in Quba district, and the plains cluster of Hacıh et emli, Mollaisaqlı, and Hapıtlı in I˙smayıllı district. In addition to these two groups, ethnic Kryz also live in a number of ethnically mixed villages throughout northeastern Azerbaijan."