Languages
Scripture Status
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- Portions
Lezgi
- Alternate names: Kiurinsty, Lezghi, Lezgian, Lezgin Also: in Azerbaijan -- Kiurinty, Lezghi, Lezgian, Lezgin
- Scriptures published: Portions (1990--2010)
- Literacy: No information available.
- Primary country: Russian Federation
- Region: Southeast Dagestan Republic, west of Caspian sea coast; central Caucasus
- Also used in: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
- Religion: Muslim (Sunni), Muslim (Shi'a)
- Livelihood: Agriculturalists
- Status: De facto language of provincial identity in Azerbaijan
- Number of users: 788,720 (402,000; 364,000 in Azerbaijan (2007))
(data from Ethnologue and other sources)
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