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Northeast Caucasian language of Azerbaijan

Jek language

Jek language
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Native to
Azerbaijan
Region
Quba
Ethnicity
Jek people
Native speakers
(undated figure of 1,500–11,000)
Language family
Northeast Caucasian LezgicSamurSouthern SamurKrytsJek
Writing system
Cyrillic
ISO 639-3
None (mis)Individual code:kry – Kryts
Glottolog
dzhe1238

Cek, 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.

The Jek language is not a written language and Azeri serves as the literary language of the Jek, as well as all Shahdagh peoples.

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