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Kryts language

Summary

Kryts (Kryc) is a Samur 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, 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
кърыцIаь мез ġrəċä mez
цIека meз ċeka mez
Native toAzerbaijan
RegionQuba Rayon
EthnicityKryts people
Native speakers
5,000 (2007)[1]
Dialects
  • Kryts
  • Jek
  • Khaput
  • Yergyudzh
  • Alyk
Language codes
ISO 639-3kry
Glottologkryt1240
ELPKryts
Kryts is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]

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

Phonology edit

Consonants edit

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.
  • An /h/ may vary from a glottal sound to an epiglottal fricative /ʜ/.

Vowels edit

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/.

References edit

  • 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)  
  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

External links edit

  • Kryts basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database