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Dargin | |
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Dargwa | |
Geographic distribution | Southcentral Dagestan [1] |
Native speakers | 590,000 (2020 census) [2] |
Linguistic classification |
Northeast Caucasian
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Subdivisions | |
ISO 639-2 / 5 | dar |
ISO 639-3 | dar |
Glottolog | darg1242 |
![]() Dargin | |
![]() Map of individual Dargin languages according to Koryakov 2021.
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The Dargin languages consist of a dialect continuum of Northeast Caucasian languages spoken by the Dargin people in southcentral Dagestan. Kajtak, Kubachi, Itsari, and Chirag are often considered dialects of the same Dargin/Dargwa language. Ethnologue lists these under a common Dargin language, but also states that these may be separate languages from Dargwa proper. [1]
The Dargin languages are classified as follows by Koryakov 2021: [3]
Dargin
Mutalov 2021 proposes a different classification: [4]
Dargin languages
Glottolog uses a different classification, based on Koryakov 2012. [5] [6]
Dargwic
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was invoked but never defined (see the
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