Rutul is a member of the Lezgic group of Northeast Caucasian languages. It is spoken by about 33,100 people, mainly in the Rutulsky District in the south of the Republic of Dagestan in southwestern Russia. There are also Rutul speakers in the Sheki district in northern Azerbaijan. The language is named after the Rutulsky district in Dagestan.
Rutul is also known as Rutulian, Rutal, Rutultsy, Rutuly, Chal, Mukhad or Mykhanidy. Rutul speakers call their language мыхаӀбишды чӀел (mıxaӀbișdı ç’el) [mɨχaˤbiʃdɨ t͡ʃʼɛl], and themselves Мыхабыр (Mıxabır).
In 1990, a Cyrillic-based alphabet was developed for Rutul. A literary version of the language has been emerging since then, and parts of the Bible have been translated into Rutul. Before then the language was not written. Rutul is taught in a number of primary schools in Dagestan.
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Дидды хала бычI ъ‘уIмуьр,
Гьалай-лай, лай-лай.
Вьглид хала пыч ъ‘уIмуьр,
Гьалай-лай, лай-лай.
Рурура, хъирикьас диш,
Гьалай-лай, лай-лай.
Хъиркьыйне ахъаргъус диш,
Лила, лила-лай.
Джиркьыйна рыкьа гьухьус диш,
Гьалай-лай, лай-лай.
Йыркьыйне суркьа гьухьус диш,
Гьалай-лай, лай-лай.
Ва выды абыр уьвуIх‘,
Гьалай-лай, лай-лай.
Дишды ихьды хъухьус диш,
Лила, Лила-лай.
In my father's house life was like a flower,
halalay-lay, lay-lay.
In the house of her husband life will be sadly,
halalay-lay, lay-lay.
Leaves, returns will not be,
halalay-lay, lay-lay.
If you come back, do not take,
lila, lila-lay.
If you do not come, "Come," do not say,
halalay-lay, lay-lay.
If you come, "Sit down," do not say,
halalay-lay, lay-lay.
You take care of his honor,
halalay-lay, lay-lay.
If not, do not call her,
lila, lila-lay.
Свадебная обрядовая песня – marriage ceremony song. Мухадский диалект – Mukhad dialect.
Source: Г.Х. Ибрагимов, Рутульский язык, Академия наук СССР, Москва – 1978.
Sample text supplied by Wolfgang Kuhl and Michael Peter Füstumum
Information about Rutul | Numbers
Information about Rutul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutul_language
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Рутульский_язык
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/rut
http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/rutuls.shtml
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