Hinukh
[également appelé Hinuq, Hinux, гинухский язык]Classification : Northeast Caucasian
·en danger
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En danger
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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~600
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~600
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"I estimate that there are around 600 Hinuq people of who all speak the language... For children growing up in the mountain village Hinuq is first language, because Hinuq isthe most important language used for communication within the village."
- SOUTIEN GOUVERNEMENTAL
- No official status
- AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
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Russian
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Avar
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Tsez
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Bezhta
- COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE
"[Hinuq children] also acquire Tsez or Bezhta if their mother is a Tsez or Bezhta speaker, but normally their command of Hinuq is better. They come into contact with Russian as soon as they use mass media, mostly in the form of television programs, music and Internet. This contact intensifies when they start to attend school. More generally, Russian is the main lingua franca today in Daghestan and used by Hinuq speakers of all ages (except for a small group of illiterate elder women).Before Russians arrived, Avar used to be the lingua franca in the area of Daghestan where Hinuq is spoken. Today it is still the language that Hinuq children learn in school as part of their ‘mother tongue education’."
- Caractères, systèmes d'écriture et orthographes
- Cyrillic (unofficial)
- Orthographe
"Hinuq does not have an official status in Russia and thus officially does not have a script. For scientific publications on Hinuq in Russian the Avar Cyrillic script is used."
- PLACES
- Russia;
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"Most [speakers] live in the village of Hinuq (Russian: Ginux) in the Caucasian mountains (Cuntinskij Rajon, Daghestan, Russian Federation). Due to the harsh living conditions, in the 1980s Hinuq speakers began to move mainly to the village of Monastirksi in the Daghestanian lowlands. Currently more than 100 Hinuq people live there and their number is constantly growing."