Also Known As:
Xinalug, Xinaliq, Khinalug, Khinalugi, каьтш мицI, kätš micʼ, хиналугский язык, kaʕtʃ mitsʼ, kätš, kätiš, kättid mic’, Xınalıq dili, kətşi mi
Dialects & Varieties
Europe and North Asia
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.
Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-2,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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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
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Northern Azerbaijan
Location Description
Spoken in the village of Khinalug in Kuba
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Azerbaijani
Number of Other Language Speakers:
schools and wider communication
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
none
Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
PAGE 24. Description of Khinalug noun stem markers in relation to other Daghestanian languages.
Grammatical analysis and description of endangered language Khinalug.
The goals of the research were to investigate patterns of language use, bilingualism, and language a