Kadar dialect
Dargin dialect
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The Kadar dialect (G'adaran lug'at / Гъадаран лугъат) is a dialect of the North Dargwa language, one of the Dargin languages, which is characterized by specific phonetic, morphological, lexical and syntactic features. It is traditionally regarded as a single dialect of Dargwa.[4][1] The vocabulary layer of the Kadar dialect includes words borrowed from Arabic, Persian, Russian and especially Turkic, due to contact with Kumyk.[5]
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| Kadar | |
|---|---|
| Гъадаран лугъат G'adaran lug'at | |
| Pronunciation | [ʁadaran][1] |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Dagestan |
| Ethnicity | 18,000 Kadar Dargins (2019–2024) |
Native speakers | 18,000 (2019–2024)[2] 9,000 (2006)[3] |
Northeast Caucasian
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| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | kada1294 Kadarskij |
North Dargwa, with Kadar at the top left of the map | |
Phonology
Kadar has 39 consonants and 5 vowels.[6] Gemination does not occur, as in other Dargin languages, but there are labialized consonants, being [gʷ] and [kʷ].
Morphology
Case
Kadar has fewer cases than other Dargin languages.[7]