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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~5,500

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In 1989, 5,500 speakers were reported from Azerbaijan and a few hundred from Georgia, but the actual numbers may be lower; many Udi may have emigrated from Vartashen to Russia.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Caucasia: northern Azerbaijan and eastern Georgia

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Location description

Earlier spoken across a large area in northern Azerbaijan, but now mainly in the villages of Vartashen (Vardashen, currently Oguz) in Vartashen County and Nij in Kutkashen (currently Qabala) County, recently also in Sheki County and part of Zakatali County. Since the 1920s Udi has also been spoken in the village of Zinobiani in Kvareli County in Georgia.

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Earlier spoken across a large area in northern Azerbaijan, but now mainly in the villages of Vartashen (Vardashen, currently Oguz) in Vartashen County and Nij in Kutkashen (currently Qabala) County, recently also in Sheki County and part of Zakatali County. Since the 1920s Udi has also been spoken in the village of Zinobiani in Kvareli County in Georgia.

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Other languages used

Azerbaijani, Georgian, Russian

Domains of other languages

Schooling, daily communication

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

5,000

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

41.8905,45.913

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~4,200

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Year of info

2009

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

6,590

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3,800 in Azerbaijan

Year of info

2013

Location and Context

Countries

Azerbaijan; Georgia; Turkmenistan; Russia;

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Location description

Azerbaijan: Oghuz town, Qabala, Niç (about 4,000 speakers), and Mirzabeyli villages.

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Institutional support

Taught in primary schools, through 4th grade

Speakers’s attitudes

Neutral/negative

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

Cyrillic

Other writing systems

Azerbaijan: Oghuz town, Qabala, Niç (about 4,000 speakers), and Mirzabeyli villages.

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Other languages used

Russian, Armenian, Georgian

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"Discussing how their language can be saved."

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Year of info

2019

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Severely Endangered

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Ethnic Population

8,100

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2006

Location and Context

Countries

Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia

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Location description

In Azerbaijan: Nidzh/Nij, Oghuz; in eastern Georgia: Zinobiani

Government support

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Institutional support

Scientific Research center of Caucasian Albania in Baku since 2000

Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

Latin, Cyrillic

Other writing systems

In Azerbaijan: Nidzh/Nij, Oghuz; in eastern Georgia: Zinobiani

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Other languages used

Georgian, Azeri, Russian, Armenian

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"...all teaching is in Azeri; no classes are given in Udi. The last years have seen a growing interest in the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Udi people due to an increasing debate on the ethnic layers in Azerbaijan."

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

6,830

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Ethnic Population

7,971

Non-monolingual speakers

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In 1989, 85.7% of the ethnic population of 7,971 were considered to be native speakers, which is approximately 6,830.

Year of info

1993

Location and Context

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None

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Other languages used

Russian, Georgian, Armenian

Domains of other languages

Schools, writing

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

41.0,48.0

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

5,720

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Ethnic Population

7871+

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Варташен, Азербайджан - не более 30 семей; Нидж, Габалинского района Азербайджана - 3,5–4 тыс. удин; с. Зинобиани Кварельского района Грузии - 500 удин; с. Дубовый Овраг Волгоградской области России - около 30 семей. По данным последней переписи населения в 2002 г. в России проживал всего 3721 удин.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

Азербайджан, Грузия, Россия

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Location description

Азербайджан - Варташен, Нидж. Грузия - с. Дубовый Овраг. Россия - в Ростовской области, Краснодарском и Ставропольском крае, а также в городах Москва, Санкт-Петербург, Екатеринбург, Саратов, Пятигорск, Минеральные Воды и др.

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Institutional support

Школьная программа младших классов в с. Нидж, NHE

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Script (Writing system)

Кириллица, латиница

Other writing systems

Азербайджан - Варташен, Нидж. Грузия - с. Дубовый Овраг. Россия - в Ростовской области, Краснодарском и Ставропольском крае, а также в городах Москва, Санкт-Петербург, Екатеринбург, Саратов, Пятигорск, Минеральные Воды и др.

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Разные на основе кириллицы, агванское письмо (V веке)

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"Деятельность по восстановлению и сохранению удинской культуры поддерживается в настоящее время Норвежской гуманитарной миссией (NHE)."

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