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The Vezhuan language, or ''Dzvada Vezhua Dlin'' "true humans speak this way", is a language isolate spoken in pockets of the Caucasus Mountains.
The Vezhuan language, referred to by its speakers as the ''Dzvada Vezhua Dlin'', "true humans speak this way", is a language isolate spoken in pockets of the Caucasus Mountains.  The language is better known as ''Dezvadian'' given to it by the 18th century British explorer Sir Edward James Hampton; this name is actually the exonym of the Dzvada people, whereas the word ''vezhua'' from which Vezhuan comes, actually means "We speak."
 
The language is highly endangered, as decreasing numbers learn it as a first language, being increasingly supplanted by Nogai, a language from the unrelated Turkic family.  


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