Udi (also called Uti or Udin) [3] is a language spoken by the Udi people and a member of the Lezgic branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family. [4] It is believed an earlier form of it was the main language of Caucasian Albania, which stretched from south Dagestan to current day Azerbaijan. [5]

Udi is a member of the Lezgian (southern) branch of the Northeast Caucasian languages. It is spoken by about 8,000 people in parts of Azerbaijan, Russia, Georgia and Armenia, with the majority of speakers in the Azerbaijani village of Nij in the Qabala district of northern Azerbaijan.

Caucasian Albanian (also called Old Udi, Aluan or Aghwan) [2] is an extinct member of the Northeast Caucasian languages. It was spoken in Caucasian Albania, which stretched from current day south Dagestan to Azerbaijan. Linguists believe it is an early linguistic predecessor to the endangered Northeast Caucasian Udi language. [3]

The Udi language is a Northeast Caucasian language of the Lezgic branch. The two primary dialects are Nij (Nidzh) and Vartashen. The people today also speak Azerbaijani, Russian, and Georgian. The Udi are commonly bilingual, and less frequently trilingual, depending on …

Dec 14, 2022 · Udi is a language with its own ancient alphabet and an unlikely grammatical feature that some linguists believe is unique. Now, researchers in Georgia are trying to preserve the language from possible extinction.

During the long period of illiterateness after the abandonment of the Albanian script, the Udi language must have undergone considerable influences from the dominant language of the region in question, Azeri, as well as, to a certain extent, Russian.

Feb 14, 2023 · The paper presents an overview of Udi, a Nakh-Daghestanian language of the Lezgic branch and an indigenous language of Azerbaijan.

The paper presents an overview of Udi, a Nakh-Daghestanian language of the Lezgic branch and an indigenous language of Azerbaijan.

Apr 1, 2020 · PDF version of the online Udi grammar written by Wolfgang Schulze. Udi ( the local designation is udin muz ‘Udi(sh) language’) belongs to the Lezgian (or Southern) branch of the autochthonous East Caucasian language family.

Udi is a Northeast Caucasian language. About 6,000 people speak Udi. This page was last changed on 11 January 2023, at 15:33. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and the GFDL; additional terms ...