Northeast Caucasian family
Lak
c. 1500 CE – today Living
Lak (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Northeast Caucasian language. Lineage: Proto-Northeast Caucasian → Lak.
See Lak on the interactive map- Speakers
- 150K (150,000)
- ISO 639-3
- lbe
- Glottocode
- lakk1252
Forms its own branch of Northeast Caucasian; spoken in central Dagestan. Start date is nominal.
Lineage
- Proto-Northeast Caucasianc. 4,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Lakc. 1500 CE – today
Sister languages 4
Also descended from Proto-Northeast Caucasian.