Aqusha dialect
| Aqusha | |
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| Akusha | |
| ахъушан / ахъушала лугъатCategory:Articles containing Dargwa-language text aqušan / aqušala luʁat | |
| Pronunciation | [aquʃan/aquʃala luʁat]Category:Pages with plain IPA |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Dagestan |
| Ethnicity | Aqusha Dargins |
Native speakers | 42,000 in traditional areas (2006)[1] |
Northeast Caucasian
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Standard forms | |
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| Cyrillic (Literary Dargwa only) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | dar (Litarary Dargwa only) |
| ISO 639-3 | dar (Literary Dargwa only) |
| Glottolog | akus1238 Akusha |
_2021.png) North Dargwa, with Aqusha at the bottom left of the section | |
Aqusha is a dialect of North Dargwa spoken by over 42,000 Dargins.[1] It is the basis for the literary Dargwa language, along with Urakhi, as was developed in the 1930s.[2] Speakers of Aqusha number the most among Dargwa linguistic groups.[3]
Geographical distribution
Aqusha is most commonly found in the Akushinsky and Levashinsky Districts. There is a significant diaspora of Aqusha speakers in southern European Russia.
Dialects
Aqusha is divided into 2 dialects, Aqusha and Levashi. According to Saygid Abdullayev, the differences in the Aqusha dialect are hardly noticeable and insignificant.[3]
Phonology
Aqusha, and dialects of its type, lack the fortis and lenis contrast that is found in dialects of the Tsudaqar type.[4] Vowel length and labialization are also absent. Glottalized ⟨и⟩ and ⟨о⟩ occur, and the case indicator ⟨д⟩ is lost after prefixes.[3]
Comparison with standard Dargwa
References
- 1 2 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.Category:CS1 uses Russian-language script (ru)Category:CS1 Russian-language sources (ru)
- ↑ Izdatelʹstvo "sovetskaâ ènciklopediâ"; Akademiâ nauk SSSR, eds. (1990). "Darginskij âzyk" Дарги́нский язы́к. Lingvističeskij ènciklopedičeskij slovarʹ. Москва: Советская энциклопедия. ISBN 978-5-85270-031-5.Category:CS1 uses Russian-language script (ru)
- 1 2 3 4 Абдуллаев, Сайгид Нухкадиевич (1954). Грамматика даргинского языка (фонетика и морфология) (PDF). Махачкала: Институт истории, языка и литературы.
- ↑ "Лакско-даргинские языки". tapemark.narod.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
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