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Urakhi dialect

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Urakhi
Qaba, Khyurkili
хӀурхъила лугъат
къаьба
Pronunciation[ħuˁrqila luʁat]
[ɢæβa]
Native toRussia
RegionDagestan
EthnicityUrakhi Dargins
Native speakers
(undated figure of 35,000)
Standard forms
Cyrillic (Uslar)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologurax1238
  Northern Dargwa, with Urakhi at the lower right of the section

Urakhi (also Khyurkili)[1] is a dialect of Northern Dargwa [ru] spoken by around 35,000 people[2] in Sergokalinsky District, the northern portions of Akushinsky District and in the villages of Gerga and Krasnopartizansk [ru] in Kayakentsky District. Along with the Aqusha dialect [ru], it formed the basis for the literary Dargwa language.

Phonology

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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]

Orthography

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Urakhi was one of the bases for the literary Dargwa language, along with Aqusha. 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

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  1. ^ a b Усларъ, П. К. (1892). Khyurkilinskiy yazyk Хюркилинский язык (PDF). Тифлисъ.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Ла́кско-дарги́нские языки́". Лингвистический энциклопедический словарь. ISBN 5-85270-031-2.
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