Čarodinsky (Tsurib), Gergebil, Gumbetovsky (Baklul), Gunib, Karabudaxkent, Kazbekovsky (Dylym), Lavaša, Tsumada (Agvali), Untsukul, Xebda, Xunzaq and Zaqatala rayon in Azerbaijan. Dargic (Dargin) dialect continuum Spoken by 492,490 in Dagestan, as well as Azerbaijan, Central Asia and Ukraine. Dargwa proper is a literary language. Dargwa (Dargva) Kajtak Kubachi Itsari Chirag Dargwa is spoken in the following rayons of Dagestan: Aquša, Kaitak, Kayakent, Kubači, Sergokala. Khinalug (Xinalug) isolate Spoken in Quba rayon of Azerbaijan. Khinalug (Xinalug) (1,000 speakers) Lak isolate Spoken in the Central Dagestan highlands. Lak is a literary language. Lak (152,000 speakers) Lak is spoken in two rayons of Dagestan: Kumux and Kuli (Vači). Lezgic family Spoken in the Southeast Dagestan highlands and in Northern Azerbaijan. The Lezgian language or, as the Lezgian people themselves call it, Лезги чlал (lezgi ch'al), is the biggest in terms of the number of native speakers of all the languages of the Lezgic group (other languages from this group include Tabasaran, Udi, Tsakhur and Rutul). They are spoken in the following rayons of Dagestan: Agul, Akhty, Derbent (Kvevar), Kasumxur, Kurakh, Magaramkent, Rutul, Tabasaran, Usukhchay, Khiv and Quba and Zaqatala in Azerbaijan. Tabasaran was once thought to be the language with the largest number of grammatical cases at 54, which could, depending on the analysis, instead be the Tsez language with 64. Lezgian and Tabasaran are literary languages. Lezgic family tree Peripheral: Archi (970 speakers) Samur (or Nuclear Lezgian) Eastern Samur Tabasaran (128,900) Lezgian (655,000) Aghul (29,300) Udi (6,590) Southern Samur Kryts (5,000) Budukh (1,000) Western Samur Rutul (47,400) Tsakhur (23,673) All figures retrieved from Ethnologue. Nakh family Spoken in Chechnya, Ingushetia and Georgia. Chechen and Ingush are official languages of their respective republics. Bats (3,420 speakers in Georgia in 2000) Vainakh languages Chechen (1,350,000) Ingush (322,900) Tsezic (Didoic) family Spoken mostly in Southwest Dagestan. None are literary languages. Formerly classified geographically as East Tsezic (Hinukh, Bezta) and West Tsezic (Tsez, Khwarshi, Hunzib), these languages may actually form different subgroupings according to the latest research by Schulze (2009): Tsez–Hinukh Tsez (Dido) (12,500) Hinukh (Hinux, Ginukh) (5 as of 2010) Bezhta–Hunzib–Khwarshi Bezhta (Kapucha) (6,800) Hunzib (Gunzib) (1,420) Khwarshi (Khvarshi) (8,500) All figures except for Khwarshi were retrieved from Ethnologue. These languages are spoken in the Tsunta and Bezhta areas of Dagestan. Disputed connections to other families North Caucasian family Some linguists such as Sergei Starostin think that the Northeast and Northwest Caucasian languages are part of