| Jek | |
|---|---|
| Cekcə məz цIека meз c’eka mez | |
| Native to | Azerbaijan |
| Region | Quba |
| Ethnicity | Jek people |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 1,500–11,000)1 |
| unwritten | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | dzhe1238 |
Cek,2 also known as Jek or Dzhek, is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 1,500 to 11,000 Jek people in the village of Jek in the mountains of northern Azerbaijan.1
The Jek language is not a written language and Azeri serves as the literary language of the Jek, as well as all Shahdagh peoples.3
References
References
- Tərxan Paşazadə, "Dünyanın nadir etnik qrupu – Azərbaycan cekliləri", Azərbaycan qəzeti
- "Н. МАРР : "Яфетические языки", Большая сов. энциклопедия, 1-е изд., т. 65, Москва : Сов. Энц., 1931, стр. 841". Archived from the original on 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- Wixman, Ronald. The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook. New York: M.E. Sharpe and London, Macmillan. 1984.