Bagvalal language

E898293

The Bagvalal language is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Bagvalal people in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bagvalal language canonical 8
Bagvalaltsy language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northeast Caucasian language
minority language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Akhvakh language
Chamalal language
Tindi language
country Russia
dominantContactLanguage Avar language
Russian language
ethnicGroup Bagvalal people
family Northeast Caucasian language family
hasAlternativeName Bagulal
Bagvalaltsy language
linked to: Bagvalal language

Bagvalin
hasDialect Kvanada dialect
Tlibisho dialect
Tlondoda dialect
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
case system
ergative alignment
noun classes
hasPhonologicalFeature ejective consonants
rich consonant inventory
ISO639-3 bqa
languageStatus endangered
linguisticArea East Caucasian Sprachbund
minorityLanguageIn Dagestan
numberOfSpeakers "<2000"
primaryDomain home and community communication
region North Caucasus
script Cyrillic script
spokenBy Bagvalal people
spokenIn Republic of Dagestan
Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
subfamilyOf Andic languages
Avar–Andic languages
threatenedBy language shift to Avar
language shift to Russian
UNESCOStatus definitely endangered
usedAs oral language
usedIn Bagvalinsky District
wordOrder SOV
writingSystemStatus partially developed

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Avar-Andic languages hasLanguage Bagvalal language
Andi language closelyRelatedTo Bagvalal language
Godoberi language hasNeighboringLanguage Bagvalal language
Bagvalals language Bagvalal language
Bagvalals autonymLanguage Bagvalal language
Khvarshi closelyRelatedTo Bagvalal language
Tindi language closelyRelatedTo Bagvalal language
Andic languages hasMember Bagvalal language
Bagvalal language hasAlternativeName Bagvalaltsy language
linked to: Bagvalal language