Dargin languages
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The Dargin languages consist of a dialect continuum of over 60[2] Northeast Caucasian languages or dialects spoken by the Dargin people in southcentral Dagestan. Kajtak, Kubachi, Itsari, Mehweb and Chirag are often considered dialects of the same Dargin/Dargwa language. Ethnologue lists these under a common Dargin language, but also states that these may be separate languages from Dargwa proper.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Reasons for classifying the southern group of dialects from the northern group is that speakers of the southern dialects have been reported as treating the literary Aqusha dialect as a foreign language.[3] Due to the linguistic fragmentation of the Dargin languages, speakers use Russian as a lingua franca.[4]
Classification
The Dargin languages are classified as follows by Koryakov 2021:[1] Template:Tree list Dargin
- Northern-central group
- Mehweb
- Gapshima
- Muira
- Tsudaqar-Usisha-Butri
- Tsudaqar
- Usisha-Butri
- North Dargwa
- Kadar
- Murego-Gubden
- Mugi
- Upper Mulebki
- Aqusha
- Aqusha proper
- Levashi
- Urakhi
- Southern group
- Chirag
- Kaitag group
- Shari
- Kaitag
- Northern-central group
Template:Tree list/end Mutalov 2021 proposes a different classification:[5]
Template:Tree list Dargin languages
- North Dargwa
- Aqusha/North Dargwa
- Aqusha proper
- Urakhi
- Mekegi
- Gubden
- Murego
- Kadar
- Mugi
- Muira
- Gapshima
- Mehweb
- Aqusha/North Dargwa
- Southern Dargwa
- North Dargwa
Template:Tree list/endGlottolog uses a different classification, based on Koryakov 2012.[6][7]
Template:Tree list Dargwic
- Chirag
- Kubachi
- North-Central Dargwa
- South Dargwa
Phonology
The following chart is a collective phoneme inventory of all Dargin languages.
- Present in the literary standard of Dargwa, but not some other dialects.
- Present in some dialects, but not the literary standard.
The source is rather ambiguous in its using the term "laryngeal" for a presumed column of consonants that includes both a "voiced" and a "glottalized" plosive. A voiced glottal plosive cannot be made, because the glottis needs to be closed, and an ejective consonant requires an additional closure further up the vocal tract. Pending clarification, this row has been transcribed here as an epiglottal column and a glottal stop, both found in many other East Caucasian languages.
References
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