Khinalug
Khinalug is a Nakh-Daghestanian language spoken in Azerbaijan, by about 1,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Khinalug (also spelled Khinalig, Khinalugi, Xinalug(h), Xinaliq or Khinalugh) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 3,000 people in the villages of Khinalug and Gülüstan, Quba in the mountains of Quba Rayon, northern Azerbaijan. It may either belong to the Lezgic branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family, or it may form its own independent branch within that family.
Khinalug is endangered, and classified as "severely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
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Words in Khinalug
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | пил | pil |
| nose | кӏыты́р | ḳɨtɨ́r |
| tooth | цулоз | culoz |
| tongue | мицӏ | mic̣ |
| hand | кул | kul |
| head | микӏир | miḳir |
| blood | пӏи | ṗi |
| knee | ник | nik |
| water | хьу | xu |
| moon | вацӏ | wac̣ |
| stone | мыда | mɨda |
| tree | вишаь | wišä |
| dog | пхра | pꭓra |
| horse | пши | pši |
| louse | нимцӏ | nimc̣ |
| one | са | sa |
| two | кӏу | ḳu |
| five | пхьу | pxu |
| I | зы | zɨ |
| rice | ппарынцӏ | pːarɨnc̣ |
| bread | баба | baba |
| house | цӏва | c̣wa |
| black | мичӏаь | mič̣ä |
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Vocabulary
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