North Dargwa language
| North Dargwa | |
|---|---|
| дарган мез (literary Dargwa) | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Dagestan |
| Ethnicity | Dargwa people |
Native speakers | 133,000 in traditional areas (2010) |
Northeast Caucasian
| |
Standard forms | |
| Dialects | |
| Cyrillic | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | dar (literary Dargwa only) |
| ISO 639-3 | dar (literary Dargwa only) |
| Glottolog | nucl1774 Nuclear North Dargwa |
| North Dargwa | |
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North Dargwa is a Dargin language, sometimes referred to as a language family,[1] spoken by over 133,000 people[2] in south-central Dagestan. The standard written variety of the language is based on the Aqusha and Urakhi dialects of it, and is not mutually intelligible with other varieties.[3] For further information, see Dargwa language.
Classification
[edit ]The North Dargwa language is the largest member of the north-central group of the Dargin languages, both by number and by area. It is approximately as distant from the other North-Central languages as the others, except for Mehweb, which is divergent.[2]
Geographical distribution
[edit ]North Dargwa is found in eastern Levashinsky District, central and northeastern Akushinsky District, throughout Sergokalinsky District, southern Karabudakhkentsky District, southeastern Buynaksky District, and in certain areas of Kayakentsky District. Many speakers have moved to the southern parts of European Russia.[4]
Dialects
[edit ]The dialects of North Dargwa are Aqusha, Urakhi, Upper Mulebki, Murego-Gubden, Mugi, and Kadar.[5] Out of these, Urakhi is the largest of the dialects. They are so divergent that some linguists, such as Yuri Koryakov [ru], consider them to be on the boundary between dialects and separate languages altogether.[1] [2]
Orthography
[edit ]The following orthography is that of the literary variety based on Aqusha and Urakhi.
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Kori︠a︡kov, I︠U︡ B. (2006). "РЕЕСТР КАВКАЗСКИХ ЯЗЫКОВ". Atlas kavkazskikh i︠a︡zykov: s prilozheniem polnogo reestra i︠a︡zykov Атлас кавказских языков (PDF) (in Russian). Institut i︠a︡zykoznanii︠a︡ (Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk). Moskva: Piligrim. ISBN 978-5-9900772-1-8.
- ^ a b c Koryakov, Yuri (2021年01月01日). "Коряков (2021) Даргинские языки и их классификация [Dargwa languages and their classification]". Дурхъаси хазна. Сборник статей к 60-летию Р. О. Муталова / Ред. Т. А. Майсак, Н. Р. Сумбатова, Я. Г. Тестелец. М.: Буки Веди, 2021. — 480 с. — ISBN 978-5-6045633-5-9.
- ^ "Languages". DOBES. Retrieved 2024年08月22日.
- ^ "Статьи". www.dargwa.ru. Retrieved 2025年03月15日.
- ^ Муталов, Р.О. (2023), "Мекегинский диалект — основа севернодаргинского языка?", Язык как он есть, Буки Веди, pp. 339–344, doi:10.37892/978-5-6049527-2-6-51, ISBN 978-5-6049527-2-6 , retrieved 2023年11月30日
