Lak language

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Lak
лакку маз lakku maz لاکّو ماز
Pronunciation	[lakːu maz]
Native to	North Caucasus
Region	Mountain Dagestan
Ethnicity	Laks
Native speakers	152,050 (2010 census)[1]
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Lak
Writing system	Cyrillic (Lak alphabet) Latin (formerly) Arabic (formerly)
Official status
Official language in	Russia  Dagestan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lbe
Glottolog	lakk1252
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 this family. It is the language of the Lak people from the Russian autonomous republic of Dagestan, where it is one of six standardized languages. It is spoken by about 157,000 people.