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Laz Settlements In Georgia
Laz or LAZ may refer to: People * Laz people of the Black Sea area **Laz language First name *Laz Alonso (born 1975), American actor *Laz Barrera (1924–1991), Cuban-born American racehorse trainer *Laz-D (born 1982), American rapper *Laz Díaz (born 1963), American baseball umpire Surname * Don Laz (1929–1997), American pole vaulter * Wolfgang Laz (1514–1565), Austrian humanist * Jesse Laz (born 1983), American musician with the band Locksley (band), Locksley Places ;Czech Republic * Láz (Příbram District) * Láz (Třebíč District) ;France * Laz, Finistère ;Germany: * Lohsa (Sorbian: ) ;Iran * Laz, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province ;Montenegro * Laz, Montenegro ;Poland * Łaz, Masovian Voivodeship * Łaz, Żary County * Łaz, Zielona Góra County ;Romania * Laz (river), Arad County * Laz, a village in Săsciori Commune, Alba County * Laz, a village in Vințu de Jos Commune, Alba County * Laz, a village in Dezna Commune, Arad County * Laz-Firtănuș and Laz-� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laz People
The Laz people, or Lazi ( lzz, ლაზი ''Lazi''; ka, ლაზი, ''lazi''; or ჭანი, ''ch'ani''; tr, Laz), are an indigenous ethnic group who mainly live in Black Sea coastal regions of Turkey and Georgia. They traditionally speak the Laz language which is a member of the Kartvelian language family but has experienced a rapid language shift to Turkish. From the 103,900 ethnic Laz in Turkey, only around 20,000 speak Laz and the language is classified as threatened (6b) in Turkey and shifting (7) in Georgia on the Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale. Etymology The ancestors of the Laz people are cited by many classical authors from Scylax to Procopius and Agathias, but the word Lazi in Latin language ( el, Λαζοί, Lazoí) themselves are firstly cited by Pliny around the 2nd century BC. Identity Self-Identification Minorsky argued in 1913 that the Laz living in Turkey and Georgia have developed different understandings of what it means t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
