Jek | |
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Cekcə məz цIека meз c’eka mez |
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Native to | Azerbaijan |
Region | Quba |
Native speakers
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1,500+ (date missing) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
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. It belongs to the Samurian division of the northwest branch of the Caucasic language family
The Jek language is not a written language and Azeri serves as the literary language of the Jek, as well as all Shahdagh peoples.