lezTechnical information about ISO 639 language code lez
The table below provides technical details for the Lezghian language, designated by the lez code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
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| Standard | |
| Name | Lezghian |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Kurin (Kyurinsky)QubaQusar–UrvaAkhtyZakatala |
| Related languages | TabasaranAghulRutulTsakhurKrytsBudukh |
| Key facts | Shows ergative–absolutive case alignmentpossesses a three-way consonant contrast of voiced, voiceless and ejective stopshas around 50 consonant phonemes but only five vowel qualitiesrelies mainly on postpositions and agglutinative suffixes to mark grammatical relationsvocabulary contains many Persian, Arabic and Turkic loanwords due to centuries of contact. |
| Sample phrase | Салам, къайда хъу? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Lezghian language, identified by the code lez, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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