Lezgic languages
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The Lezgic languages (also Lezgian or Lezghian) are one of seven branches of the Northeast Caucasian language family. Lezgin and Tabasaran are literary languages. Khinalug may either be Lezgic or an independent branch of the Northeast Caucasian family.
Classification
The voicing of ejective consonants
The Lezgic languages are relevant to the glottalic theory of Indo-European, because several have undergone the voicing of ejectives that have been postulated but widely derided as improbable in that family. The correspondences have not been well worked out (Rutul is inconsistent in the examples), but a few examples are:
- Non-Lezgic: Avar Script error: No such module "IPA".; Lezgic: Rutul Script error: No such module "IPA"., Tsakhur Script error: No such module "IPA". 'name'
- Non-Lezgic: Archi Script error: No such module "IPA"., Lak Script error: No such module "IPA".; Lezgic: Rutul Script error: No such module "IPA"., Tabassaran Script error: No such module "IPA"., Aɡul Script error: No such module "IPA". 'beard'
- Non-Lezgic: Avar Script error: No such module "IPA".; Lezgic: Tabassaran Script error: No such module "IPA". 'moon'
A similar change has taken place in non-initial position in the Nakh languages.[3]
See also
References
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- ↑ a b 7. НАСЕЛЕНИЕ НАИБОЛЕЕ МНОГОЧИСЛЕННЫХ НАЦИОНАЛЬНОСТЕЙ ПО РОДНОМУ ЯЗЫКУ
- ↑ a b Languages in the Caucasus, by Wolfgang Schulze (2009) Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Paul Fallon, 2002. The synchronic and diachronic phonology of ejectives, p 245.
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