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KLASSIFIZIERUNG		South Caucasian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
SPRACHENCODE		lzz
VARIANTEN & DIALEKTE		Ardaşen-Atina (Ardeşen-Pazar) Vits’e-Arkabe (Fındıklı-Arhavi) Khopa (Hopa- Borçka)
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE RESSOURCEN		OLAC-Suche
WEITERE KOMMENTARE		It is important to note that South Caucasian is not genetically related in any demonstrable way to other language families of the Caucasus.

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Informationen von: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
22,000-33,000
Muttersprachler weltweit

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

A language shift to Turkish and Georgian has proceeded increasingly rapidly.

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Turkish
Georgian

ORTE: Turkey, Georgia

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Spoken along the Black Sea coast in the northeast of Turkey and the southwestern corner of Georgia, including the towns of Pazar (Atina), Ardesen, Camlıhemsin and Fındıklı in Rize Province and Arhavi (Arkabi/Arxave), Hopa (Xopa), Borcka and Sarp (Sarpi) in Artvin Province in
Turkey; Sarpi is partly in the Republic of Ajaria on the Georgian side; there are also Laz villages, founded by refugees of the 1877–8 war, in the western parts of Turkey mainly in Sakarya, Kocaeli and Bolu provinces.

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
250,000
Muttersprachler weltweit
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
Feurstein (1983) estimates 250,000 speakers all around the world.

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1983

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

"Laz people are forgetting their own language as younger generation fails to fully acquire the language. There are also semi-speakers who can understand and speak some but generally show tendency to apply for Turkish words instead" (p. 139).

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
26,007
Muttersprachler weltweit
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
According to Andrews (1989: 176), in the 1965 Turkish census, which is the last official statiistic, 26,007 people declared Laz as their mother tongue and 59,101 as their second language.

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1965

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
130,000
Muttersprachler weltweit

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
33,250
Muttersprachler weltweit
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
"30,000 in Turkey (1980)...Ethnic population: 92,000 in Turkey (1980)."

ORTE: USA; Belgium; Georgia; France; Germany; Turkey;

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
33,000
Muttersprachler weltweit

			2007	Europe and North Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	211-282	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge						Tapani Salminen	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.	HHOLD	22,000-33,000		10000-99999			Turkish, Georgian	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	A language shift to Turkish and Georgian has proceeded increasingly rapidly.	Turkey, Georgia	Spoken along the Black Sea coast in the northeast of Turkey and the southwestern corner of Georgia, including the towns of Pazar (Atina), Ardesen, Camlıhemsin and Fındıklı in Rize Province and Arhavi (Arkabi/Arxave), Hopa (Xopa), Borcka and Sarp (Sarpi) in Artvin Province in Turkey; Sarpi is partly in the Republic of Ajaria on the Georgian side; there are also Laz villages, founded by refugees of the 1877–8 war, in the western parts of Turkey mainly in Sakarya, Kocaeli and Bolu provinces.
0199255911			2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press			New York				2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.												41.5,41.5
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International			Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	33,250		10000-99999	"30,000 in Turkey (1980)...Ethnic population: 92,000 in Turkey (1980)."			Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		USA; Belgium; Georgia; France; Germany; Turkey;
			2015	Novus Ortus: The Awakening of Laz Language in Turkey		133-146	Yazgülü BOZKURT	Sanat ve Dil Araştırmaları Enstitüsü	Idil Journal of Art and Language	4	Kuleli Sokak, 49/24, Çankaya/Ankara TÜRKİYE		https://www.academia.edu/16486784/Novus_Ortus_The_Awakening_of_Laz_Language_in_Turkey	Nurdan Kavakli			250,000	1983	100000	Feurstein (1983) estimates 250,000 speakers all around the world.			At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"Laz people are forgetting their own language as younger generation fails to fully acquire the language. There are also semi-speakers who can understand and speak some but generally show tendency to apply for Turkish words instead" (p. 139).
978-3-11-042168-2	The World of Linguistics		2018	The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia: An Areal Perspective	The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia: An Areal Perspective		Geoffrey Haig; Geoffrey Khan	Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG		6		6		René Lacroix			26,007	1965	10000-99999	According to Andrews (1989: 176), in the 1965 Turkish census, which is the last official statiistic, 26,007 people declared Laz as their mother tongue and 59,101 as their second language.	59,101		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing			Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	130,000		100000				At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				41.2736,41.2646
				World Oral Literature Project									http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		33,000		10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Laz

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

22,000-33,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

26,007

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

130,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

33,250

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

33,000

Diskussion

Laz

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

22,000-33,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

26,007

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

130,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

33,250

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

33,000

Diskussion

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