Alternate Names: Enzeb, Gunzib, Khunzal, Khunzaly, Xunzal
Dialects: None known. Separate from Bezhta , (1989 B. Comrie) but reportedly very similar to it.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,010 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Population total all countries: 1,420. Ethnic population: 2,000.
Language Use: Avar [ava] and Russian [rus] are used in school and for wider communication (Salminen 2007). Home. Few child speakers. Mildly positive attitudes. Also use Avar [ava], Bezhta [kap], Russian [rus].
Language Development: No literacy in Hunzib. Avar [ava] is literary language. Dictionary. Grammar.
Typology: 27 consonants, 16 vowels, word stress generally linked to prefinal vowel; 5 noun classes; agreement between nouns and coreferent adjectives, pronouns, verbs, and adverbs marked by prefixes; nominative-ergative system; demonstratives.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Russian Federation
Other Comments: Muslim.