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    Lazuri Nena: A Grammar of the Laz Language

    For most of its history, Lazuri (the Laz language) was an oral language, carried in songs, proverbs and everyday speech but rarely written down. Documenting its ...
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  • First page of Mcita Murutskhi, the first Laz newspaper, 1929
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    Mcita Murutskhi: The First Laz Newspaper (1929)

    Published on 7 November 1929, Mcita Murutskhi (Red Star) was the first newspaper ever printed in the Laz language, the milestone now marked as Laz Language ...
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  • Karakovan tea plantations in Rize, Lazistan
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    Introduction to the Laz Language (Lazuri)

    Lazuri: A Unique and Endangered Language of the Caucasus The Laz language, known to its speakers as Lazuri (or sometimes Lazuri nena, literally “the Laz tongue”), ...
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