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Nakh-Daghestanian languages

Nakh-Daghestanian is a language family with 23 languages profiled on Glottosphere, spoken in Eurasia. The largest by number of speakers are Tabassaran, Rutul, and Tsakhur. 23 of them are listed as endangered.

LanguageCountriesSpeakersStatus
TabassaranAzerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia93,630Vulnerable
RutulAzerbaijan, Russia19,000Vulnerable
TsakhurAzerbaijan, Russia19,000Vulnerable
AghulAzerbaijan, Russia18,000Threatened
AndiRussia15,000Vulnerable
ChamalalRussia9,000Threatened
DidoGeorgia, Russia7,500Threatened
BotlikhRussia6,500Threatened
BezhtaGeorgia, Russia6,200Threatened
UdiAzerbaijan, Georgia, Russia5,500Endangered
AkhvakhRussia5,000Threatened
BagvalalRussia5,000Threatened
KarataRussia5,000Threatened
KrytsAzerbaijan5,000Endangered
TindiRussia5,000Threatened
GhodoberiRussia3,250Endangered
KhinalughAzerbaijan3,000Threatened
ArchiRussia1,237Threatened
BatsGeorgia800Severely Endangered
HunzibGeorgia, Russia700Endangered
HinukhRussia600Endangered
KhvarshiRussia300Threatened
BudukhAzerbaijanThreatened

Classification and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status: Endangered Languages Project. Only languages with a profile here are listed, so the family may have more members.