Lak (Lakian) language - one of the Caucasian languages (Dagestani group). Spoken in the Republic of Dagestan. The number of the Laks (Lakians) in Russia is 106,2 thousand. 95,1 % of them regard Lak as their mother tongue, 3,9 % Russian.

The Lak literary language is based on the Kumukh dialect. Until 1928 the Laks used the Arabic and in 1928-38 Latin script. The contemporary writing system is based on the Cyrillic alphabet.

• Faculty of Dagestani philology at the Dagestan university (information in Russian)
• Ilchi - Materials from the Lak newspaper at the "Dagestanskaya pravda" web-site
• Lak house - Information on the Lak people in English and Russian