Northeast Caucasian family
Lezgian
c. 1500 CE – today Living
Lezgian (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Northeast Caucasian language. Lineage: Proto-Northeast Caucasian → Proto-Lezgic → Lezgian.
See Lezgian on the interactive map- Speakers
- 600K (600,000)
- ISO 639-3
- lez
- Glottocode
- lezg1247
Spoken in southern Dagestan and northern Azerbaijan. Start date is nominal.
Lineage
- Proto-Northeast Caucasianc. 4,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Proto-Lezgicc. 2,000 BCE – 500 BCE
- Lezgianc. 1500 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Lezgic.