Kryts (Kryc) is a Lezgic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in parts of the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan by 6,000 people in 1975. Its dialects are Kryts, Jek, Khaput, , 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, 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 LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarUvularPharyngeal/EpiglottalGlottalplainlab.pal.plainlab.pal.Stopvoicelessejectivevoiced()Affricatevoiceless()ejectivevoiced()Fricativevoiceless()voicedNasalTrillApproximant
/ʁ/ may also be realized as [ɢ] or [qː], in complementary distribution. Sounds /t͡s, d͡z/ only occur in other dialects of the language. /h/ may vary from a glottal sound to an epiglottal fricative /ʜ/.
Vowels FrontCentralBackClose()MidOpen
/i/ can be heard as [ɨ], in free variation The four vowels may also be pharyngealized as /iˤ, uˤ, eˤ, aˤ/.
Orthography In 2020, a dictionary was published in the Khaput variety, using the Latin script. A aB bC cÇ çÇ' ç'D dE eӘ әF fG gĞ ğĞ' ğ'H hH' h'Ĥ ĥX xX' x'J jİ iI ıK kK' k'Q qQ' q'Q̂ q̂L lM mN nO oÖ öP pP' p'R rS sŞ şS' s'T tU uÜ üV vY yZ z
References
External links Kryts basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database