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The Vezhuan language, | 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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