Itsari language
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Itsari (Icari, Itsari: Script error: No such module "Lang".[2]) is a language in the Dargin dialect continuum spoken in Dagestan, Russia spoken in the village Itsari, as well as in Kizlyarsky District, Druzhba, and other villages and cities, both in and outside of Dagestan, by about 2,000 people.[1] It is often considered a divergent dialect of Dargwa. Ethnologue lists it as a dialect of Dargwa but recognizes that it may be a separate language.[3] Its closest relative is Sanzhi, which has only about 200 speakers and is considered to be an endangered language, as parents are now teaching their children Russian for practical purposes.[4]
Usage
In the village of Itsari, the Itsari language is used for all purposes except writing, as the residents of Itsari use standard written Dargwa or Russian as their written language. The younger population is shifting to Russian as their primary language.[1]
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | phar. | |||
| Close | short | [i] i | [u] u | [uˤ] uӏ |
| long | [iː] ī | [uː] ū | ||
| Mid/Low | short | [e] e | [ɑ] а | [ɑˤ] aӏ |
| long | [eː] ē | [ɑː] ā | ||
Itsari has phonemic pharyngealization, as is evidenced by the minimal pair Script error: No such module "Lang". 'lamb'
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Template:R protected Script error: No such module "Lang". 'candle'.
Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiced | [b] b | [d] d | ||||||
| lax | [p] p | [t] t | [k] k | [q] q | |||||
| tense | [pː] p̄ | [tː] t̄ | [kː] кк kk | [qː] q̄ | |||||
| ejective | [pʼ] pʼ | [tʼ] tʼ | [kʼ] кӏ kʼ | [qʼ] qʼ | [ʡʼ]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". ʕ | [ʔ] ʔ | |||
| Fricative | voiced | ([f] f) | [z] z | [ʒ] ž | [ɣ] ǧ | [ʁ] R | [ħ] H | [h] h | |
| lax | [s] s | [ʃ] š | [x] x | [χ] X | |||||
| tense | [sː] s̄ | [ʃː] s̄̌ | [xː] x̄ | [χː] X̄ | |||||
| Affricate | lax | [t͡s] c | [t͡ʃ] č | ||||||
| tense | [t͡sː] c̄ | [t͡ʃː] c̄̌ | |||||||
| ejective | [t͡sʼ] cʼ | [t͡ʃʼ] čʼ | |||||||
| Resonant | [m] m, [w] w | [n] n, [l] l | [r] r | [j] j | |||||
References
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