Kilit dialect
| Kilit | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Azerbaijan |
| Region | Nakhchivan |
| Extinct | after 1950s |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | kili1273 |
Kilit is classified as Extinct according to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
| Coordinates: 38°56.7′N 46°5.9′E / 38.9450°N 46.0983°E | |
Kilit is an extinct dialect of Tati language that is closely related to Harzandi. It is an Iranian dialect of Azerbaijan that is closely related to Talysh. It is probably a dialect of Iranian Tati, otherwise found only in Iran, specifically a subdialect of Harzandi. It was spoken in the villages around Kilit, located 12 kilometers southwest from the city of Ordubad in a district with the same name of Nakhchivan in Azerbaijan. It was still used by non-native speakers as a second language in the 1950s.