Lak language

This article is about the Northeast Caucasian language. For the Kurdish variety, see Laki dialect. For the Kartvelian language, see Laz language. For the Austronesian language, see Siar-Lak language. For the language with former ISO 639-3 code "lak", see Lau Laka language.
Lak
лакку маз
lakku maz
لاکّو ماز
Pronunciation[lakːu maz]
Native toNorth Caucasus
RegionMountain Dagestan
EthnicityLaks
Native speakers
152,050 (2010 census)
Cyrillic (Lak alphabet)
Latin (formerly)
Arabic (formerly)
Official status
Official language in
 Russia
Language codes
ISO 639-3lbe
Glottologlakk1252
  Lak
Lak is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Lak (лакку маз, [lakːu maz]) is a Northeast Caucasian language forming its own branch within the family. It is the language of the Lak people from the Russian autonomous republic of Dagestan, where it is one of six official languages. It is spoken by about 157,000 people.

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