WIKITONGUES: Soner speaking Laz

Laz is spoken by some 22,000 people, principally in northeastern Turkey and parts of Georgia, in coastal communities along the Black Sea. Though it lacks a written standard, Laz has long been used as a literary language in academic circles, and saw the publication of a formal dictionary in 1999. A member of the Kartvelian family, it is related to just three other languages: Mingrelian, Georgian, and Svan. Read more on Wikipedia: http://bit.ly/1MWZVSH. The speaker(s) featured herein have not explicitly agreed to distribute this video for reuse. For inquiries on licensing this video, please contact [email protected]. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/7MXG/