Akhvakh language
| Akhvakh | |
|---|---|
| Ашвaлъи мицIи ašʷaƛi mic’ːi | |
| Pronunciation | [aʃʷat͡ɬi mit͡s’ːi] |
| Native to | North Caucasus, Azerbaijan |
| Region | Southern Dagestan, northern Azerbaijan |
| Ethnicity | Akhvakh |
Native speakers | 7,521 in Dagestan (2020 census) 6,500 total (2006) 20,000 total (2007) |
Northeast Caucasian
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| Cyrillic | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | akv |
| Glottolog | akhv1240 Akhvakhic |
| ELP | Akhvakh |
Akhvakh | |
Akhvakh is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010) | |
The Akhvakh language (also spelled Axvax, Akhwakh) is a Northeast Caucasian language from the Avar–Andic branch. Ethnologue lists 210 speakers based on the 2010 census, but Magomedova and Abulaeva (2007) list 20,000 speakers of the language, and the 2021 Russian census gave 7,521 speakers in Russia. There are also some 1,000-2,000 speakers in Akhvakh-Dere, a village in Zagatala District, Azerbaijan. It is the most divergent out of all of the Andic languages.