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| Udi | ||
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| Spoken in: | Azerbaijan, Georgia | |
| Region: | Azerbaijan (Qabala and Oguz), Russia (North Caucasus), Georgia (Kvareli), and Armenia (Tavush) | |
| Total speakers: | 8,000 (est.)[1] | |
| Language family: | Northeast Caucasian Lezgic Udi |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | cau | |
| ISO 639-3: | udi
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The Udi language, spoken by the Udi people, is a member of the Northeast Caucasian language family. It is believed this was the main language of Caucasian Albania, which stretched from south Dagestan to current day Azerbaijan.
The language is spoken by about 5,000 people in the Azerbaijani village of Nij in the Qabala rayon, the Oguz rayon, as well as parts of the North Caucasus in Russia. It is also spoken by ethnic Udis living in the villages of Debedavan, Bagratashen, Ptghavan, and Haghtanak in the Tavush province of Armenia and in the village of Octomberi in the Kvareli district of the Kakheti province in Georgia.
Udi is related to Lezgian and Tabasaran. Together with Lak, Dargin and others, they form the group of Lezgic languages.
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Sounds
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p b pʼ | t d tʼ | k g kʼ | q qʼ | ||
| Affricate | ʦ ʣ ʦ' | ʧ ʤ ʧ' | ||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ ʒ | x ɣ | h | |
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j |
Vowels[2]
| Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|
| i iˤ (y) | u uˤ | |
| ɛ ɛˤ (œ) | ə | ɔ ɔˤ |
| (æ) | ɑ ɑˤ |
See also
References
Harris, Alice C. (2002). Endoclitics and the Origins of Udi Morphosyntax. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-924633-5.
Footnotes
- ^ The Sociolinguistics Situation of the Udi in Azerbaijan - John M. Clifton, Deborah A. Clifton, Peter Kirk, and Roar Ljøkjell
- ^ Hewitt, George (2004): Introduction to the Study of the Languages of the Caucasus. LINCOM, Munich. Page 57.
External links
- Udi at Ethnologue
- The Udi Language: a grammatical description with sample text — Wolfgang Schulze 2001/2 (University of Munich)
- The Udis
- Historical map
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