| Kryts | |
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| Kryc | |
| кърыцIаь мезġrəċä mez/qryc’ä mez цIека meзċeka mez/c’eka mez Йергуьж мез | |
| Pronunciation | [ɢrɨts’æmɛz] |
| Native to | Azerbaijan |
| Region | Quba Rayon |
| Ethnicity | Kryts people |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2007)[1] |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kry |
| Glottolog | kryt1240 |
| ELP | Kryts |
 Kryts | |
 Kryts is classified as Severely Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2] | |
Kryts (Kryc) is aLezgic language of theNortheast Caucasian language family spoken in parts of theQuba Rayon ofAzerbaijan by 6,000 people in 1975.[1] Its dialects are Kryts,Jek, Khaput,Yergyudzh [lez], and Alyk, which are all quite distinct to the point of only partialmutual intelligibility, therefore they could also be considered separate languages in adialect continuum.[1]
Kryts isendangered,[3][4] classified as "severely endangered" byUNESCO'sAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[5]
| Front | Central | Back | |
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| Close | i | (ɨ) | u |
| Mid | e | ||
| Open | a |
In 2020, a dictionary was published in the Khaput variety, using the Latin script.[6]
| A a | B b | C c | Ç ç | Ç' ç' | D d | E e | Ә ә | F f | G g | Ğ ğ | Ğ' ğ' |
| H h | H' h' | Ĥ ĥ | X x | X' x' | J j | İ i | I ı | K k | K' k' | Q q | Q' q' |
| Q̂ q̂ | L l | M m | N n | O o | Ö ö | P p | P' p' | R r | S s | Ş ş | S' s' |
| T t | U u | Ü ü | V v | Y y | Z z |
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