- Zinobiani
- Nidzh
- Oghuz
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.
Speaker Number Trend 3
Only about half of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are decreasing steadily, but not at an accelerated pace.
Domain Of Use 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
Speakers
Location and Context
Earlier spoken across a large area in northern Azerbaijan, but now mainly in the villages of Vartashen (Vardashen, currently Oguz) in Vartashen County and Nij in Kutkashen (currently Qabala) County, recently also in Sheki County and part of Zakatali County. Since the 1920s Udi has also been spoken in the village of Zinobiani in Kvareli County in Georgia.