Urakhi dialect
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| Urakhi | |
|---|---|
| Qaba, Khyurkili | |
| хӀурхъила лугъат къаьба | |
| Pronunciation | [ħuˁrqila luʁat] [ɢæβa] |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Dagestan |
| Ethnicity | Urakhi Dargins |
Native speakers | 35,000 in traditional areas (2002) |
Northeast Caucasian
| |
Standard forms | |
| Cyrillic (Uslar) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | urax1238 |
_2021.png) North Dargwa, with Urakhi at the lower right of the section | |
Urakhi (also Khyurkili)[1] is a dialect of North Dargwa 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. Along with the Aqusha dialect, it formed the basis for the literary Dargwa language.
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 Aqusha dialect, replaced by the corresponding voiced consonants.[3]
