Editing Lezgian language (section)

{{Short description|Northeast Caucasian language}}{{Cleanup lang|date=January 2025|iso=lez}}{{Infobox language
| name             = Lezgian
| nativename       = {{lang|lez|лезги чӏал}} {{tlit|lez|lezgi č’al}}
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|cau|lezɡi tʃʼal|}}
| states           = [[North Caucasus]]
| region           = [[Dagestan]] and [[Azerbaijan]]
| ethnicity        = [[Lezgins]]
| speakers         = 630,000
| date             = 2020
| ref              = e25
| familycolor      = Caucasian
| fam1             = [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]]
| fam2             = [[Lezgic languages|Lezgic]]
| fam3             = [[Samur languages|Samur]]
| fam4             = Eastern Samur
| fam5             = Lezgi–[[Aghul language|Aghul]]–[[Tabasaran language|Tabasaran]]
| map              = File:Idioma lezgin.png
| mapcaption       = Distribution of the Lezgin language in North Caucasus
| nation           = {{Flag|Russia}}
*{{Flag|Dagestan}}
| map2             = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Lezgian is classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
| iso2             = lez
| iso3             = lez
| notice           = IPA
| glotto           = lezg1247
| glottorefname    = Lezgin
| script           = [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]], [[Latin script|Latin]] (historically)
| altname          = Lezgi, Lezgin
}}

'''Lezgian''', also called '''Lezgi''' or '''Lezgin''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɛ|z|ɡ|iː|n}},<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bauer |first=Laurie |title=The Linguistics Student's Handbook |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year=2007 |location=Edinburgh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9SPAgAAQBAJ&q=%22lezgin+language%22&pg=PA67|title = Political Organization in Central Asia and Azerbaijan: Sources and Documents|isbn = 9781135776817|last1 = Babak|first1 = Vladimir|last2 = Vaisman|first2 = Demian|last3 = Wasserman|first3 = Aryeh|date = 23 November 2004| publisher=Routledge }}</ref> is a [[Northeast Caucasian language]]. It is spoken by the [[Lezgins]], who live in southern [[Dagestan]] ([[Russia]]); northern [[Azerbaijan]]; and to a much lesser degree [[Turkmenistan]]; [[Uzbekistan]]; [[Kazakhstan]]; [[Turkey]], and other countries. It is a much-written literary language{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} and an [[official language]] of [[Dagestan]]. It is classified as "vulnerable" by [[UNESCO]]'s ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''.<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00206 UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217175902/http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00206 |date=February 17, 2010 }}</ref> <!--UNESCO Endangered Language Criteria: 1. Vulnerable, 2. Definitely Endangered, 3. Severely Endangered, 4. Critically Endangered, 5. Extinct-->