Kryts
Kryz; Kryc; Dzek; кърыцIаь мез; qryc’ä mez; цIека meз; c’eka mez; Qrız dili; крызский язык; джекский язык; Kryzy; Katsy; Dzhek; Dzheki; Kjruaj mez;
Northeast Caucasian; Daghestanian; Lezgic
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"Ethnic Kryz make up the majority in two clusters of villages: the mountain cluster of Hapıt, Әlik, Cek, Qrız, and Qrızd ehn e in Quba district, and the plains cluster of Hacıh et emli, Mollaisaqlı, and Hapıtlı in I˙smayıllı district. In addition to these two groups, ethnic Kryz also live in a number of ethnically mixed villages throughout northeastern Azerbaijan."
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"Ethnic Kryz make up the majority in two clusters of villages: the mountain cluster of Hapıt, Әlik, Cek, Qrız, and Qrızd ehn e in Quba district, and the plains cluster of Hacıh et emli, Mollaisaqlı, and Hapıtlı in I˙smayıllı district. In addition to these two groups, ethnic Kryz also live in a number of ethnically mixed villages throughout northeastern Azerbaijan."
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Kryz is spoken by 2,000 speakers at the maximum. Higher speaker numbers cited in the literature often conflate speaker numbers with ethnic population.
2009
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Kryz is spoken in four villages in the north-east of Azerbaijan: d'Alik, Khaput, Djek, and Kryz.
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Kryz is spoken in four villages in the north-east of Azerbaijan: d'Alik, Khaput, Djek, and Kryz.
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Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL 1975.
2009
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2007
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Northern Azerbaijan, Villages of Kryz, Jek, Khaput, Yergyui, and Alyk.
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Northern Azerbaijan, Villages of Kryz, Jek, Khaput, Yergyui, and Alyk.
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5,000-6,000
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Beginning with the 1959 census the Kryz have been counted as Azerbaijanis.
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Administratively the Kryz occupy five villages in the Konakhkent District of Azerbaijan: Kryz (self-designation Karat), Alik (Ealig), Dzhek (Deg), Haput (Hafid) and Ergyuch (Yergüd). Khinalug and Budukh settlements, as well as the Kryz villages, are in the remotest and least accessible areas of Caucasia, more than 2,000 metres above sea level.
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Administratively the Kryz occupy five villages in the Konakhkent District of Azerbaijan: Kryz (self-designation Karat), Alik (Ealig), Dzhek (Deg), Haput (Hafid) and Ergyuch (Yergüd). Khinalug and Budukh settlements, as well as the Kryz villages, are in the remotest and least accessible areas of Caucasia, more than 2,000 metres above sea level.
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The language of education in the mountain villages of Hapıt, Əlik, Cek, and Qrız has always been in Azerbaijani, even during the Soviet period. Apparently, there have never been classes in the Kryz language in any of the villages.
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