Editing Lezgian language (section)

== Geographic distribution ==
In 2002, Lezgian was spoken by about 397,000 people in Russia, mainly Southern Dagestan; in 1999 it was spoken by 178,400 people in mainly the [[Qusar District|Qusar]], [[Quba District (Azerbaijan)|Quba]], [[Qabala District|Qabala]], [[Oghuz District|Oghuz]], [[Ismayilli District|Ismailli]] and [[Khachmaz District|Khachmaz]] provinces of northeastern Azerbaijan. Lezgian is also spoken in [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Turkey]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Ukraine]], [[Germany]] and [[Uzbekistan]] by immigrants from [[Azerbaijan]] and [[Dagestan]].

Some speakers are in the [[Balikesir]], [[Yalova]], [[İzmir]], [[Bursa]] regions of Turkey especially in Kirne (Ortaca), a village in [[Balikesir Province]] which touches the western coast, being south-west of [[Istanbul]].

The total number of speakers is about 800,000.<ref name="Ethnologue">{{Cite web |date=1999-02-19 |title=Enthnologue report for Lezgi |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lez |access-date=2013-12-15 |publisher=Ethnologue.com}}</ref>