Laz people
The Laz people, or Lazi ( "Lazi"; , "lazi"; or ჭანი, "ch'ani"; ), are an indigenous ethnic group who mainly live in Black Sea coastal regions of Turkey and Georgia. They speak the Laz language (Lazuri), a member of the Kartvelian language family which also includes Georgian, Svan and Mingrelian. The Laz language is classified as endangered by UNESCO, with an estimated 130,000 to 150,000 speakers in 2001.