Lak language

Spoken in

• Northeast Caucasian languages Lakisch - Dargin languages Lakisch

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Cau ( other Caucasian languages)

Lbe

Lakish (also Lakkisch; proper name лакку маз lakku maz ) is a language that is spoken by about 120,000 people.

The Speaker of the Lakischen, the sheets, live mainly in the autonomous republic of Dagestan ( Russian Federation), small groups is also available in Azerbaijan and Georgia.

It belongs in the family of languages ​​of Dagestan languages ​​Lakisch - darginischen group (see also Dargin language ). Compared to other languages, the Dagestani Lakische little is fragmented into dialects, they are also mutually intelligible.

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Until 1928, the Arabic script was used, one placed on the Latin script to. Since 1938 Lakisch is written in Cyrillic, with the numerous sounds of Lakischen often by two letters ( digraphs ) are reproduced. We also find the special characters I ( Russian Palotschka called ) is applied. Basis of the written language is the kumuchische dialect, the main dialect of this language.

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Ингилиснал ва Фpaнциянал дянивсса ттуршшинал дяъви къуртал хъусса шиналва байбивхъусса, зувира шинай ялагу лахъи лавгсса ЯтIул тIутIул ва КIяла тIутIул цIанийсса ва цаймигу мукунма паччахIнал тажрал ялув буллай бивкIсса дяъвирду 1485 шинал къуртал хьуссар. ЯтIул тIутIи му Ланкастерхъал тухумрал, КIяла тIутIи Йоркхъал тухумрал лишанну диркIссар. [ ... ]