Jek language
Northeast Caucasian language of Azerbaijan
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::summary Northeast Caucasian language of Azerbaijan ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox language"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Jek |
| nativename | Cekcə məz |
| цIека meз | |
| states | Azerbaijan |
| region | Quba |
| speakers | 1,500–11,000 |
| date | no date |
| ref | |
| familycolor | Caucasian |
| fam1 | Northeast Caucasian |
| fam2 | Lezgic |
| fam3 | Samur |
| fam4 | Southern Samur |
| fam5 | Kryts |
| glotto | dzhe1238 |
| glottorefname | Dzhek |
| script | unwritten |
| ethnicity | Jek people |
| :: |
| name = Jek | nativename = Cekcə məz цIека meз | states = Azerbaijan | region = Quba | speakers = 1,500–11,000 | date = no date | ref = | familycolor = Caucasian | fam1 = Northeast Caucasian | fam2 = Lezgic | fam3 = Samur | fam4 = Southern Samur | fam5 = Kryts | iso3 = | glotto = dzhe1238 | glottorefname = Dzhek | script = unwritten | ethnicity = Jek people ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/WIKITONGUES-_Tarkhan_speaking_Jek.webm" caption="A speaker of Jek language, recorded in [[Germany]]."] ::
Cek, also known as Jek or Dzhek, is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 1,500 to 11,000 Jek people in the village of Jek in the mountains of northern Azerbaijan.
The Jek language is not a written language and Azeri serves as the literary language of the Jek, as well as all Shahdagh peoples.
References
References
- "Н. МАРР : "Яфетические языки", Большая сов. энциклопедия, 1-е изд., т. 65, Москва : Сов. Энц., 1931, стр. 841.".
- [http://www.azerbaijan-news.az/index.php?Lng=aze&year=2007&Pid=14472 Tərxan Paşazadə, "Dünyanın nadir etnik qrupu – Azərbaycan cekliləri", Azərbaycan qəzeti]
- Wixman, Ronald. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WKrN10g4whAC&dq=The+Dzhek&pg=PA61 ''The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook'']. New York: M.E. Sharpe and London, Macmillan. 1984.
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