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laz language

The LazLanguage is a ZanLanguage of Turkey (Asia). SIL code: LZZ. ISO 639-2: cau. Population: 30,000 first language speakers out of 92,000 in the ethnic group in Turkey (1980 estimate). Population total all countries: 33,000 or more. Region: Rize in northeast, towns of Kemer, Atin, Artasen, Vitse, Arkab, Hopa, Sarp, and villages in Artvin, Sakarya, Kocaeli, and Bolu provinces. Also spoken in Belgium, France, Georgia, Germany, USA. Alternate names: LAZURI, LAZE, CHAN, CHANZAN, ZAN, CHANURI. Comments: Linguists recognize that Laz and Mingrelian are inherently unintelligible with each other's speakers. Reported to be 95% bilingual in Turkish, with only the older people not being bilingual. Their name for their language is 'Lazuri'. Not a written language in Turkey. Fishermen. Muslim. Also spoken in: Georgia. (Language name: LAZ.) Population: 2,000 in Georgia (1982 estimate). Alternate names: LAZE, CHAN, CHANZAN, ZAN, CHANURI. Dialects: XOPA (HOPA), CHXALA (CKHALA), VICE-ARXAVA (VITAL-ARKHAVA), ATINA, SAMURZAKAN-ZUGDIDI, SENAKI. Comments: Officially considered to be a single language with Mingrelian, called 'Zan', although linguists recognize that they are not inherently intelligible with each other. Georgian used as literary language. Their name for their language is 'Lazuri'. Not a written language in Georgia or Turkey. Muslim.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)

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Instances	content bearing physical	Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
	entity	The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
	human language	The subclass of Languages used by Humans.
	language	A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
	linguistic expression	This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
	physical	An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
	south caucasian language	A SouthCaucasianLanguage is any one of five languages forming a distinct family of languages that are unrelated to any others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	spoken human language	A SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
	zan language	Of the five SouthCaucasianLanguages, two closely related languages are classified as a ZanLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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