Dargwa

E483539

Dargwa is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken primarily by the Dargin people in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Dargwa canonical 7
Dargan 2
Dargwa (dar) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dagestanian language
Northeast Caucasian language
language
alignmentType ergative–absolutive
closelyRelatedTo Lak language
Lezgian languages
linked to: Lezgic
country Russia
ethnicGroup Dargin people
GlottologCode darg1242
hasAlternativeName Dargan
linked to: Dargwa

Dargin
Dargin language
linked to: Dargwa language

Darginskiy yazyk
hasDialects Akusha dialect
Akushin dialect
linked to: Akusha dialect

Chirag dialect
Itsari dialect
Kajtak dialect
linked to: Kajtak language

Kubachi dialect
Kubachi language variety
Megeb dialect
Megeb language variety
Sirkhi dialect
Tsudakhar dialect
Urakhi dialect
linked to: Akusha dialect
hasFeature complex consonant inventory
ejective consonants
noun classes (genders)
pharyngealized consonants
rich case system
ISO639-3Code dar
languageFamily Northeast Caucasian
languageOf Dargin culture
Dargin oral literature
minorityLanguageStatus recognized minority language in Russia
morphologyType agglutinative
nativeName дарган мез
linked to: Megeb Dargwa

даргъан мез
numberOfSpeakers hundreds of thousands of speakers
primaryRegion central Dagestan
region North Caucasus
regulatoryStatus official language of Dagestan (alongside others)
spokenIn Republic of Dagestan
Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
subfamily Dargin branch
usedIn education in Dagestan (to a limited extent)
local administration in Dagestan
local media in Dagestan
wordOrder SOV
writingSystem Cyrillic script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dargin glottologName Dargwa
Dargin hasAlternativeName Dargwa
Dargin hasAlternativeName Dargan
linked to: Dargwa
Dargin hasEthnologueEntry Dargwa
Dargic languages hasPart Urakhi Dargwa
linked to: Dargwa
Dargwa hasAlternativeName Dargan
linked to: Dargwa
Kubachi closelyRelatedTo Dargwa
Itsari ISO639Macrolanguage Dargwa (dar)
linked to: Dargwa