Tsakhur language

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Tsakhur
цӀаӀхна миз ts'əxna miz
Pronunciation	/t͡sʼaˤχna miz/
Native to	North Caucasus Azerbaijan
Ethnicity	Tsakhurs
Native speakers	22,300 (2010-2011)[1]
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Lezgic Samur Western Samur Tsakhur
Writing system	Latin in Azerbaijan, Cyrillic in Russia
Official status
Official language in	Russia  Dagestan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tkr
Glottolog	tsak1249
ELP	Tsakhur
Map of Tsakhurs in the Caucasus
Tsakhur is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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Tsakhur (Tsakhur: цӀаӀхна миз, romanized: ts'əxna miz) is a Lezgic language spoken by the Tsakhurs in northern Azerbaijan and southwestern Dagestan (Russia). It is spoken by about 11,700 people in Azerbaijan and by about 10,600 people in Russia.^[1] The word Tsakhur derives from the name of a Dagestani village where speakers of this language make up the majority.

Although Tsakhur is endangered in communities in closest contact with Azerbaijani, it is vigorous in other communities, gaining prominence in the region, seen in the growth of interest in learning Tsakhur in school and a growing body of Tsakhur-learning materials.^[2] Tsakhur is classified as "definitely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.^[3]