Udi language

Spoken in

  • Northeast Caucasian languages Lesgische languages Udi

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Udi

Udi (proper name: Udin muz ) is one of the languages ​​within the lesgischen ( Northeast Caucasian languages ​​) nachisch - Dagestani languages. It is still spoken today by about 4,200 people in Azerbaijan, in all countries, there are about 5,700 speakers.

History and linguistic situation

As an older stage of Udischen applies the Alwanische.

The Udische one of the oldest languages ​​known in the region. While the Muslim Uden (also: Udinen ) have been merged in the course of the last centuries the people of Azerbaijanis, preserved the Christian part of the people 's language and culture. The Uden in Georgia have largely been addressed over the course of the 20th century the people of the Georgians, while the Christian Uden and today, in Azerbaijan and Dagestan in the Russian first Armenian Russian as a literary language.

The udische language is in danger of extinction because they are under strong pressure to assimilate on the part of Azerbaijan.

Linguistic characteristics

The Udische is a Ergativsprache. The verbs are usually composed, that is, from a Funktionsverb and a nominal basis. At the verb, inter alia, the person will be highlighted.

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