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ALSO KNOWN AS		Agul, агъул чӀал, Ağul ç'al, агульский язык, Aghulshuy, Aguly
CLASSIFICATION		Northeast Caucasian, Daghestanian, Lezgic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		agx
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Agul Gekxun Koshan Keren
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Information from: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<18,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1989

DOMAINS OF USE

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Despite the relatively large number of speakers of all ages, there are reasons such as the presence of more dominant neighbouring languages, notably Dargwa, Lak, Tabasaran and Lezgian, as well as the increasing influence of Russian, for regarding the language as definitely endangered.

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

Local schools, local newspapers

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Dargwa
Lak
Tabasaran
Lezgian
Russian

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Literary experiments took place in the nineteenth century and again in recent years, and there is now one local newspaper in Agul. Until recently, Agul had no role in school curriculum but now it can be taught as a subject in local schools.

PLACES: Caucasia: southern Daghestan

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in fifteen villages in Agul County and five villages in Kurakh County, amongst them Richa, Burkikhan, Tpig, Kurag, Burshag, and Fite, in the Republic of Daghestan and in a number of expatriate communities elsewhere in the Russian Federation.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
29,399
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~17,780
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
18,740

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: They inhabit a near inaccessible valley isolated from the rest of the world by four forbidding mountain chains (the Aguldere, Gushandere, Magudere, and Khyukdere).

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
28,332
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 28,300 speakers in the Russian Federation (2002 Census).

PLACES: Azerbaijan; Russia;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
17,405
Native speakers worldwide

	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		29,399		10000-99999					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						41.7518,47.6875
9985-936922		1993	The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire			Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits			http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook		"The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire." edited by Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits. Online: http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook.		18,740	~17,780		10000-99999		Lezgian			Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		12	11		They inhabit a near inaccessible valley isolated from the rest of the world by four forbidding mountain chains (the Aguldere, Gushandere, Magudere, and Khyukdere).
		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		<18,000	1989	10000-99999		Dargwa, Lak, Tabasaran, Lezgian, Russian	Literary experiments took place in the nineteenth century and again in recent years, and there is now one local newspaper in Agul. Until recently, Agul had no role in school curriculum but now it can be taught as a subject in local schools.	Local schools, local newspapers	Threatened (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Despite the relatively large number of speakers of all ages, there are reasons such as the presence of more dominant neighbouring languages, notably Dargwa, Lak, Tabasaran and Lezgian, as well as the increasing influence of Russian, for regarding the language as definitely endangered.	13		Caucasia: southern Daghestan	Spoken in fifteen villages in Agul County and five villages in Kurakh County, amongst them Richa, Burkikhan, Tpig, Kurag, Burshag, and Fite, in the Republic of Daghestan and in a number of expatriate communities elsewhere in the Russian Federation.
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			17,405		10000-99999					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	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		28,332		10000-99999	There are 28,300 speakers in the Russian Federation (2002 Census).				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Azerbaijan; Russia;

Aghul

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<18,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

29,399

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~17,780

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

28,332

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

17,405

Discussion

Aghul

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<18,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

29,399

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~17,780

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

28,332

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

17,405

Discussion

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