Urakhi dialect
Urakhi | |
---|---|
Qaba, Khyurikili | |
хӀурхъила лугъат | |
Pronunciation | [ħuˁrqila luʁat] |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Dagestan |
Ethnicity | Urakhi Dargins |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 35,000) |
Northeast Caucasian
| |
Cyrillic (Uslar) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | urax1238 |
Northern Dargwa, with Urakhi at the lower right of the map |
Urakhi (also Khyurikili)[1] is a dialect of Northern Dargin spoken by around 35,000 people[2] in Sergokalinsky District, the northern portions of Akushinsky District and in the villages of Gerga and Krasnopartizansk in Kayakentsky District.
Phonology
[edit]Urakhi does not have vowel length or consonant gemination, in contrast with other varieties. The affricates [d͡ʒ] and [d͡z] are also preserved, in contrast with Tsudaqar and related varieties. The system of phonemic fortis and lenis has been lost, in accordance with the related Akusha dialect , replaced by the corresponding voiced consonants.[3]
Orthography
[edit]Urakhi was one of the bases for the literary Dargwa language, along with Akusha. Peter von Uslar created an orthography for Urakhi in 1892 in his grammar.[1]
а | ӕ | в | ԝ | г | ӷ | гᷱ | д |
е | ж | ђ | з | ӡ | һ | ||
і | ј | к | қ | кᷱ | л | м | |
н | о | п | ԥ | ԛ | р | с | |
т | ҭ | у | х | ц | ч | ||
ш |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Усларъ, П. К. (1892). Khyurkilinskiy yazyk Хюркилинский язык (PDF). Тифлисъ.
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Osipov, I︠U︡ S., ed. (2004). "Darginskie Jazyki" ДАРГИ́НСКИЕ ЯЗЫКИ́. Bolʹshai︠a︡ rossiĭskai︠a︡ ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡ (in Russian). Moskva: Nauchnoe izdatelstvo "Bolʹshai︠a︡ rossiĭskai︠a︡ ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡". ISBN 978-5-85270-320-0. OCLC 57660759. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023.
- ^ "Ла́кско-дарги́нские языки́". Лингвистический энциклопедический словарь. ISBN 5-85270-031-2.