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Udi

A language of Azerbaijan

ISO 639-3: udi

Population	4,200 in Azerbaijan (1995). Population total all countries: 8,440.
Region	Oghuz town, Qabala, Nic, and Mirzabeyli villages. Also in Georgia, Russian Federation (Asia), Turkmenistan.
Language map	Azerbaijan
Alternate names	Udin, Uti
Dialects	Oghuz (Vartashen), Nidzh (Nij, Nic, Nizh), Oktomberi. Oktomberi dialect is more different from Nic Udi than Oghuz Udi is. One of the most divergent Lezgian (Lezgic) languages.
Classification	North Caucasian, East Caucasian, Lezgic, Udi
Language use	Home, community. Used by 30%–50% of children. Russian and sometimes Azerbaijani literary languages; in some areas they use Armenian or Georgian. In Nic children attend Russian language schools.
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1902.
Writing system	Cyrillic script.
Comments	Peasant agriculturalists: horticulture; animal husbandry: hogs, cattle. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CLIFTON, Deborah A.; CLIFTON, John M.; KIRK, Peter; LJØKJELL, Roar, authors. 2002. "The sociolinguistic situation of the Udi of Azerbaijan."

CLIFTON, Deborah A.; CLIFTON, John M.; KIRK, Peter; LJØKJELL, Roar, authors. 2005. "The sociolinguistic situation of the Udi in Azerbaijan."  

CLIFTON, John M., author. 2009. Review of: Endoclitics and the origins of Udi morphosyntax, by Alice C. Harris.  

CLIFTON, John M., editor. 2002. Studies in languages of Azerbaijan, vol. 1.

HUSEINOV, Rauf; JAVADOV, Gamarshah, authors. 2002. "The Udis: historico-ethnographic research."