Andi language
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Dialects
There are four main dialects, Munin, Rikvani, Kvanxidatl, and Gagatl, which appear quite divergent. However, the dialects can be said to vary between villages: the "upper-group" contains Andi, Gagatl, Rikvani, and Zilo (where Andi and Zilo are considered their own dialects), whereas the "lower-group" contains Munin and Kvanxidatl. The upper-group lacks the affricate sound Script error: No such module "Lang"..[3]
Phonology
Andi has 43 consonants:[4]
There are five vowels: Script error: No such module "IPA"..
Orthography
Although Andi is usually unwritten, there are attempts to write the language using Russian Cyrillic script. Speakers generally use Avar or Russian as their literary language(s).[5] There have been some 19th-century texts written in Andi.[6]
The 2015 translation of the Gospel of Luke uses the following alphabet: А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гъ гъ, Гъгъ гъгъ, Гь гь, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, ЖӀ жӀ, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Кк кк, Къ къ, Кь кь, КӀ кӀ, КӀкӀ кӀкӀ, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лълъ лълъ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Сс сс, Т т, ТӀ тӀ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хх хх, Хъ хъ, Хь хь, Ц ц, Цц цц, ЦӀ цӀ, ЦӀцӀ цӀцӀ, Ч ч, Чч чч, ЧӀ чӀ, ЧӀчӀ чӀчӀ, Ш ш, Щ щ, ъ, ы, ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я[7]
A 2018 primer uses the following alphabet:[8]
| А а | Б б | В в | Г г | ГӀ гӀ | Гь гь | Гъ гъ | ГъӀ гъӀ | Д д | Е е |
| Ё ё | Ж ж | Жъ жъ | ЖъӀ жъӀ | З з | И и | Й й | К к | КӀ кӀ | Кь кь |
| Къ къ | КъӀ къӀ | Л л | ЛӀ лӀ | Ль ль | Лъ лъ | ЛъӀ лъӀ | М м | Н н | О о |
| П п | ПӀ пӀ | Р р | С с | Т т | ТӀ тӀ | У у | Ф ф | Х х | ХӀ хӀ |
| Хь хь | Хъ хъ | Ц ц | ЦӀ цӀ | ЦъӀ цъӀ | Ч ч | ЧӀ чӀ | ЧъӀ чъӀ | Ш ш | Щ щ |
| Ъ ъ | Ь ь | Ӏ | Э э | Ю ю | Я я |
Grammar
Andi has 7 different series of localization: the meaning "inside" changes by number (singular Script error: No such module "Lang"., plural Script error: No such module "Lang".: Script error: No such module "Lang". 'in a home', Script error: No such module "Lang". 'in houses'). Number categories are expressed through ablaut (Script error: No such module "Lang". 'The father found the brother', but Script error: No such module "Lang". 'The father found the brothers'). In the village Andi, there is a difference between the speech of men and women; a man will say, for example, Script error: No such module "Lang". meaning 'I', Script error: No such module "Lang". meaning 'you', Script error: No such module "Lang". 'person', but a woman will say Script error: No such module "Lang". 'I', Script error: No such module "Lang". 'you', Script error: No such module "Lang". 'person'.[3]
References
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- ↑ Том 5. «Национальный состав и владение языками». Таблица 7. Население наиболее многочисленных национальностей по родному языку
- ↑ The peoples of the Red Book: Akhvakhs
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Further reading
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- Церцвадзе Ил. Андийский яз. Тб., 1965 (на груз. яз.);
- Алексеев М. Е. Андийский язык // Языки мира. Кавказские языки. М., 1999.
- Этимология 1539 андийских слов в БД «StarLing database server» Sergei Starostin
- [1] // The Book of Luke in Andi Language.
- [2] // Glottolog.org Language Map
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