Khvarshi

E787221

Khvarshi is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by a small ethnic community in Dagestan, Russia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khvarshi canonical 2
Khvarsh 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northeast Caucasian language
endangered language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Bagvalal language
Botlikh language
Chamalal language
Godoberi language
Tindi language
country Russia
endangermentCause language shift to Avar
language shift to Russian
ethnicGroup Khvarshi people
linked to: Khwarshi people
glottologCode khva1239
glottologName Khvarshi
hasAlternativeName Khvarsh
linked to: Khvarshi

Khvarsh language
Khvarshi language
hasDialect Inkhokwari
Inkhoqwari village dialect
Khonokh
Khvarshi proper
Khvarshi village dialect
Khway
Santlada
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
ergative alignment
noun class system
hasPhonologicalFeature ejective consonants
pharyngeal consonants
rich consonant inventory
hasSyntacticFeature SOV basic word order
ISO639-3Code khv
languageFamily Northeast Caucasian languages
languageStatus severely endangered
linguisticArea East Caucasian Sprachbund
nativeSpeakers "few hundred"
primaryLocation Tsumadinsky District
Tsunta District
region North Caucasus
spokenIn Dagestan
Russia
Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
subclassOf Andic language
Avar–Andic language
usedAsL2With Avar language
usesWritingSystemFor Avar (for written communication)
writingSystem none (traditionally unwritten)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Khvarshi glottologName Khvarshi
Khvarshi hasAlternativeName Khvarsh
linked to: Khvarshi