Kryts (Kryc) is a Samur languages, Samur language of the Northeast Caucasian languages, Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in parts of the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan by 6,000 people in 1975.Ethnologue entry for Kryts
/ref> Its dialects are Kryts, Jek language, Jek, Khaput, Yergyudzh, and Alyk, which are all quite distinct to the point of only partial mutual intelligibility, therefore they could also be considered separate languages in a dialect continuum. Kryts is endangered language, endangered, classified as "severely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger

Phonology

Consonants

* /ʁ/ may also be realized as [ɢ] or [qː], in complementary distribution. * Sounds /t͡s, d͡z/ only occur in other dialects of the language. * An /h/ may vary from a glottal sound to an epiglottal fricative /ʜ/.

Vowels

* /i/ can be heard as [ɨ], in free variation * The four vowels may also be pharyngealized as /iˤ, uˤ, eˤ, aˤ/.

References

*Authier, Gilles. 2009. Grammaire kryz. Paris: Peeters.

External links

Kryts basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Northeast Caucasian languages Languages of Azerbaijan Endangered Caucasian languages Kryts {{NEC-lang-stub