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The sociolinguistic situation of the Tsakhur in Azerbaijan

John M. Clifton, Calvin Tiessen, Gabriela Deckinga and Laura Lucht. 2005. The sociolinguistic situation of the Tsakhur in Azerbaijan . SIL International. Online: http://www.sil.org/silesr/2005/silesr2005-016.pdf.

Threatened
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
About Vitality Level
19,972
Native Speakers Worldwide
Domains of Use

Domain Of Use 3

Used mainly in the home and/or with family, but remains the primary language of these domains for many community members.

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Transmission

Transmission 1

Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.

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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
~7%%
Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
"The actual number of Tsakhurs is most likely higher, possibly as high as 50,000 (Ibragimov 1990)."
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"In Qum, Azerbaijani is the main language in all domains, while the use of Tsakhur is limited. If Tsakhur is used at all, it is minimally used in the home. Some individuals also use it on the street... Recently both Tsakhur radio programs and newspapers have appeared in the areas where Tsakhurs live in Azerbaijan as well as in Dagestan."

Location and Context
Countries
Azerbaijan; Russia
Location Description

"There are over thirty Tsakhur villages (Schulze 1997) scattered from the Samur River valley in the Rutul district of Southern Dagestan in the north to the Azerbaijani districts of Zaqatala and Qax in the south. It has been claimed that close to two-thirds of the Tsakhur population lives in Azerbaijan. Schulze (1997) identifies nine villages in Azerbaijan where Tsakhurs constitute the majority of the population: Ağdam-Kalyal, Suvaqil, Karkay, Kalalu, Sabunçi, Alaskar, Mamrux, Gezbarax, and Mişleş. All of these are in the district of Zaqatala. Significant numbers of Tsakhur are said to live in an additional sixteen ethnically mixed communities."

Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Russian, Azerbaijani
Number of Other Language Speakers:
~81%%
Domains of Other Languages:
None

Writing Systems
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