Agul language
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| Aghul агъул чӀал |
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| Spoken in: | Russia, also spoken in Azerbaijan | |
| Region: | Southern Dagestan | |
| Total speakers: | 17,373 (1989 Census) | |
| Language family: | Northeast Caucasian Lezgic Aghul |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | agx | |
| ISO 639-3: | agx | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Aghul, also called Agul, is a language spoken by the Aguls who live in southern Dagestan (a republic of Russia) and Azerbaijan.
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[edit] Classification
Aghul belongs to the Lezgic group of the Northeast Caucasian (Dagestan) language family.
[edit] Geographic distribution
In 1989, Aghul was spoken by 17,373 people in Russia, mainly in Southern Dagestan, as well as 32 people in Azerbaijan.
[edit] Official status
Aghul is not an official language, and Lezgian is used as the literary language.
[edit] Related languages
There are ten languages in the Lezgian language family, namely: Aghul, Tabasaran, Rutul, Lezgian, Tsakhur, Budukh, Kryts, Khinalugh, Udi and Archi.
[edit] Grammar
[edit] Adjectives
Independent and predicative adjectives take number marker and class marker; also case if used as nominal. As attribute they are invariable. Thus idžed "good", ergative, idžedi, etc. -n, -s; pl. idžedar; but Idže insandi hhuč qini "The good man killed the wolf" (subject in ergative).
[edit] Pronouns
[edit] Personal Pronouns
| Singular | Plural | |
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| 1 | zun |
[edit] Bibliography
- Haspelmath, Martin. 1993. A grammar of Lezgian. (Mouton grammar library; 9). Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter. – ISBN 3-11-013735-6
- Talibov, Bukar B. and Magomed M. Gadžiev. 1966. Lezginsko-russkij slovar’. Moskva: Izd. Sovetskaja Ėnciklopedija.
