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Where is Lishán Didán spoken?

Lishán Didán is an Afro-Asiatic language, spoken in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq and 1 more. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Where Lishán Didán is spoken

Lishán Didán is spoken in 5 countries: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq and 1 more.

Country
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Iran
Iraq
Israel

Lishán Didán has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Lishán Didán?

Wikidata gives about 4,378 speakers (Wikidata, with no source given). These figures are approximate: they come from different sources, years and definitions of a speaker.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Lishán Didán sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Lishán Didán as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Afro-Asiatic
  2. Semitic
  3. West Semitic
  4. Central Semitic
  5. Northwest Semitic
  6. Aramaic
  7. Imperial-Middle-Modern Aramaic
  8. Middle-Modern Aramaic
  9. Eastern Aramaic
  10. Central Eastern Aramaic
  11. North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic
  12. Trans-Zab
  13. Lishán Didán

Related languages

Other languages in the Trans-Zab group:

More about Lishán Didán

Codes: ISO 639-3 trg, Glottolog lish1246. Glottolog macroarea: Eurasia.

Questions about Lishán Didán

Where is Lishán Didán spoken?

Lishán Didán is spoken in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq and 1 more. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

How many people speak Lishán Didán?

Wikidata gives about 4,378 speakers (Wikidata, with no source given). Speaker numbers are approximate and differ between sources: counting who is a speaker, and whether to include second-language speakers, is not settled.

Which language family is Lishán Didán in?

Glottolog places Lishán Didán in the Afro-Asiatic family, in the branch Semitic, West Semitic, Central Semitic, Northwest Semitic, Aramaic, Imperial-Middle-Modern Aramaic, Middle-Modern Aramaic, Eastern Aramaic, Central Eastern Aramaic, North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic and Trans-Zab.

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