Media
Video and audio for hearing Lazuri spoken, sung and played. Nothing is loaded from YouTube until you press play.
Laz Institute Course
Unit 5 is not publicly available, so the numbering skips it.
The Laz Alphabet
Lazuri Alboni - the Lazuri alphabet letter by letter, with the sounds that have no equivalent in Turkish.
Greetings
Xela k'aoba - greeting someone, introducing yourself and taking your leave.
Introducing Yourself
Ma Lazi vore - saying who you are, where you are from and what you do.
Our Family
Ckuni ocagi - family and kinship, one of the areas where Lazuri has kept its own vocabulary most firmly.
The Body
Xura-ckuni - the parts of the body, and how to say what hurts.
Animals
Skindinape - domestic and wild animals, central to the vocabulary of a mountain farming culture.
In the Village
Oput'es - the village, its buildings and the daily life around them.
Daily Routine
K'at'a ndgeri dulyape - describing everyday actions and the working day.
Music & Archives
Birol Topaloglu: Tulum Improvisation
A live improvisation on the tulum, the goatskin bagpipe of the eastern Black Sea, from the musician's own channel.
Birol Topaloglu: Tulum at the Music Village
Tulum performance recorded at the Music Village in Arhavi, in the heart of the Laz-speaking coast.
Tulum and Song in Lazuri
Tulum accompanied by singing in Lazuri - the pairing that carries most of the traditional repertoire.