The recordings in this data set were taken from a larger language documentation project (\bcite{Hodgson2022}) titled \dqt{A Documentation of the Zok Language (otherwise known as the Armenian dialect of Agulis)}, funded by an ELDP grant (no. IPF300) awarded to the University of Cambridge. The project was undertaken by Katherine Hodgson (PI). Further information can be found on the project website.\footnote{\url{https://www.elararchive.org/dk0632}}

The Armenian dialect of Agulis (also known as the Zok language) is a highly divergent form of Armenian originally spoken in and around the town of Agulis (Azerbaijani \tit{Yuxarı Əylis}) in Nakhijevan (Azerbaijani \tit{Naxçıvan}) in the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan. Three subdialects are represented here: those of the villages of Tsghna (texts A\tnd G), Ramis (texts H\tnd P), and Paraka (texts Q\tnd T). The last Armenians of Nakhijevan were displaced by conflict in 1988, and most are now resident in Armenia and Russia. The dialect is reported to have had around 10\ths000 speakers in 1935; although there are no official statistics, it is certain that the number is much smaller today, almost certainly less than 1\ths000. These recordings were made in 2021 and 2022 with speakers born in the Agulis area but currently residing in Armenia: Palina Gabrielyan (speaker 01), Anahid Voskanyan (02), and Boris Mikayelyan (03) in Yeveran and Susanna Hambardzumyan (04) in Sis village in Ararat province.

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