LBE ISO 639-3
Lak
лакку маз (Lakku maz) Autonym
A language of Russian Federation
- ISO 639
- lbe
- Alternate Names
- Kazikumukhtsy, Lakh, Laki
- Autonym
- лакку маз (Lakku maz)
- Population
- 146,000 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Ethnic population: 179,000 (2010 census). Total users in all countries: 158,000.
- Location:
- Dagestan republic.
- Language Status
- 4 (Educational). Provincially recognized language in Dagestan Autonomous Republic (1994, Constitution of Dagestan Autonomous Republic, Article 10).
- Classification
- Nakh-Daghestanian, Lak
- Dialects
- Kumux (Kumkh), Vicxin (Vitskhin), Ashtikulin, Balxar-Calakan (Balkar-Tsalakan), Vixlin (Vikhlin), Shali, Arakul, Shandi, Kayalin-Mashikin, Pervotsovkrin.
- Language Use
- Many also use Kumyk [kum].
- Language Development
- Taught in primary schools. Taught in secondary schools as special subject. Literature. Newspapers. Periodicals. Radio. Videos. Bible portions: 1996–2007.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Lak
- Writing
- Cyrillic script [Cyrl].
- Other Comments
- Muslim.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Lezgi people’s language is similar to Lak of Dagestan, Russian Federation. View other languages of Azerbaijan
Language Name
Lak
User Population
1,600 in Azerbaijan (Leclerc 2017b).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Tajikistan
Language Name
Lak
User Population
2,100 in Tajikistan (2017).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Turkmenistan
Language Name
Lak
User Population
4,400 in Turkmenistan (Leclerc 2019b). , based on ethnicity.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Uzbekistan
Language Name
Lak
User Population
3,700 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Map
Location: Dagestan republic.
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