Kryts language

Kryts
Kryc
кърыцIаь мез ġrəċä mez/qryc’ä mez
цIека meз ċeka mez/c’eka mez
Йергуьж мез
Pronunciation[ɢrɨts’æ mɛz]
Native toAzerbaijan
RegionQuba Rayon
EthnicityKryts people
Native speakers
5,000 (2007)[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3kry
Glottologkryt1240
ELPKryts
  Kryts
Kryts is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]

Kryts (Kryc) is a Lezgic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in parts of the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan by 6,000 people in 1975.[1] Its dialects are Kryts, Jek, Khaput, Yergyudzh [lez], and Alyk, which are all quite distinct to the point of only partial mutual intelligibility, therefore they could also be considered separate languages in a dialect continuum.[1]

Kryts is endangered,[3][4] classified as "severely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[5]

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal/
Epiglottal 		Glottal
plain lab. pal. plain lab. pal.
Stop voiceless p t k kʷ kʲ q qʷ qʲ ʔ
ejective pʼ tʼ kʼ kʼʷ kʼʲ qʼ qʼʷ qʼʲ
voiced b d ɡ ɡʷ (ɢ)
Affricate voiceless (t͡s) t͡ʃ
ejective t͡sʼ t͡ʃʼ
voiced (d͡z) d͡ʒ
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ x χ (ʜ) h
voiced v z ʒ ɣ ʁ ʁʷ ʕ
Nasal m n
Trill r
Approximant l j
  • /ʁ/ may also be realized as [ɢ] or [qː], in complementary distribution.
  • Sounds /t͡s, d͡z/ only occur in other dialects of the language.
  • /h/ may vary from a glottal sound to an epiglottal fricative /ʜ/.

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i (ɨ) u
Mid e
Open a
  • /i/ can be heard as [ɨ], in free variation
  • The four vowels may also be pharyngealized as /iˤ, uˤ, eˤ, aˤ/.

Orthography

In 2020, a dictionary was published in the Khaput variety, using the Latin script.[6]

A a B b C c Ç ç Ç' ç' D d E e Ә ә F f G g Ğ ğ Ğ' ğ'
H h H' h' Ĥ ĥ X x X' x' J j İ i I ı K k K' k' Q q Q' q'
Q̂ q̂ L l M m N n O o Ö ö P p P' p' R r S s Ş ş S' s'
T t U u Ü ü V v Y y Z z

References

  • Authier, Gilles (2009). Grammaire kryz. Collection Linguistique (Société de linguistique de Paris). Vol. 93. Leuven: Peeters. ISBN 9789042923157.
  1. ^ a b c Kryts at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger Archived 22 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Kryts". The Endangered Languages Project.
  4. ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger". UNESCO.
  5. ^ UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger Archived February 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Hərərə Mezınə Şikilbəzınə Luğət [Picture Dictionary in the Haput Language]. ISBN 978-9952-511-17-8.


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