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Europe and North Asia
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Native Speakers Worldwide

22,000-33,000

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Year of info

2007

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Turkey, Georgia

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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.

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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.

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Turkish, Georgian

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Native Speakers Worldwide

130,000

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2010

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41.2736,41.2646

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Native Speakers Worldwide

33,250

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"30,000 in Turkey (1980)...Ethnic population: 92,000 in Turkey (1980)."

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2009

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USA; Belgium; Georgia; France; Germany; Turkey;

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250,000

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Feurstein (1983) estimates 250,000 speakers all around the world.

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2015

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

26,007

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59,101

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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.

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2018

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2005

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41.5,41.5

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    Holisky, Dee Ann. 1991. "Laz." In The Kartvelian Languages, edited by Alice C. Harris. 1: 395-472. New York: Caravan Books, Delmar.
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  9. Zur Syntax
    Liu, Hsin-Yun. 1995. "Zur Syntax." In Das Mutafi-Lazische, edited by Silvia, et al. Kutscher. 97-132. Universität zu Köln, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft.
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    Mattissen, Johanna. 1995. "Verbmorphologie." In Das Mutafi-Lazische, edited by Silvia, et al. Kutscher. 45-81. Universität zu Köln, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft.
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    Holisky, Dee Ann. 1991. "Laz." In The indigenous languages of the Caucasus. Volume 1: The Kartvelian languages, edited by Alice C. Harris. 395-472. Caravan Books.
  13. Einführung in das Studium der kaukasischen Sprachen
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