| | | 3rd | | 2010 | Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger | | | | | | UNESCO Publishing | | | Paris | | | | | http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas | Christopher Moseley (ed.) | Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.) | ll_pub | | | | | 29,399 | | 10000-99999 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | | | | | | | | | | 41.7518,47.6875 |
9985-936922 | | | | | 1993 | The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire | | | | Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits | | | | | | | | | | http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook | | "The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire." edited by Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits. Online: http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook. | | | 18,740 | | | ~17,780 | | 10000-99999 | | | | | | Lezgian | | | | | | | Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | | | | 12 | 11 | | | | They inhabit a near inaccessible valley isolated from the rest of the world by four forbidding mountain chains (the Aguldere, Gushandere, Magudere, and Khyukdere). | |
| | | | | 2007 | Europe and North Asia | Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages | 211-282 | | C. Moseley | | London & New York: Routledge | | | | | | | | | Tapani Salminen | Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge. | HHOLD | | | | | <18,000 | 1989 | 10000-99999 | | | | | | Dargwa, Lak, Tabasaran, Lezgian, Russian | | | | Literary experiments took place in the nineteenth century and again in recent years, and there is now one local newspaper in Agul. Until recently, Agul had no role in school curriculum but now it can be taught as a subject in local schools. | Local schools, local newspapers | | Threatened (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | | | Despite the relatively large number of speakers of all ages, there are reasons such as the presence of more dominant neighbouring languages, notably Dargwa, Lak, Tabasaran and Lezgian, as well as the increasing influence of Russian, for regarding the language as definitely endangered. | 13 | | | | Caucasia: southern Daghestan | Spoken in fifteen villages in Agul County and five villages in Kurakh County, amongst them Richa, Burkikhan, Tpig, Kurag, Burshag, and Fite, in the Republic of Daghestan and in a number of expatriate communities elsewhere in the Russian Federation. | |
| | | | | | World Oral Literature Project | | | | | | | | | | | | | | http://www.oralliterature.org | | "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org. | | | | | | 17,405 | | 10000-99999 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 16 | | 2009 | Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009) | | | | M. Paul Lewis | | SIL International | | | Dallas, TX | | | | | http://www.ethnologue.com/ | | Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.) | ll_pub | | | | | 28,332 | | 10000-99999 | There are 28,300 speakers in the Russian Federation (2002 Census). | | | | | | | | | | | | Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | | | | | | | | Azerbaijan; Russia; | | |