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]

Dargin
Geographic
distribution
Southcentral Dagestan[1]
Native speakers
490,000 (2010 census)[1]
Linguistic classificationNortheast Caucasian
  • Dargin
Subdivisions
ISO 639-2 / 5dar
ISO 639-3dar
Glottologdarg1242
  Dargin

Map of individual Dargin languages according to Koryakov 2021.[2]
Classification of Dargin languages according to Koryakov 2021.[2]

Classification edit

The Dargin languages are classified as follows by Koryakov 2021:[2]

Dargin

    • Northern-central group
      • Megeb
      • Gapshima
      • Muira
      • Tsudaqar-Usisha-Butri
        • Tsudaqar
        • Usisha-Butri
      • Northern Dargin
        • Kadar
        • Myurego-Gubden
        • Mugin
        • Upper Mulebki
        • Akushin
          • Akushin proper
          • Levashin
        • Urakhin
    • Southern group
      • Ashti-Kubachi
      • Sanzhi-Itsari
      • Amuzgi-Shirin
      • Southwest Dargwa
        • Tanti
        • Sirhwa
        • Upper Vurkuni
    • Chirag
    • Kaitag group

Mutalov 2021 proposes a different classification:[3]

Dargin languages

    • Northern Dargin
      • Akushin
        • Akushin proper
        • Urakhin
        • Mekegin
        • Gubden
        • Myuregin
        • Kadar
        • Mugin
        • Muirin
        • Gapshimin
      • Megeb
    • Southern Dargin
      • Sirkhya-Tsudakhar
        • Tsudakhar
        • Usisha
        • Butrin
        • Tantyn
        • Sirkhin
        • Khuduts
        • Amukh
        • Kunkin
        • Sanzhi
        • Itsari
        • Amuzgi-Shirin
        • other dialects
      • Kubachi
        • Kubachi proper
        • Ashtyn
      • Kaitag
        • Upper Kaitag
        • Lower Kaitag
        • Sharin
        • Chakhri-Sanakarin
      • Chirag

Glottolog uses a different classification, based on Koryakov 2012.[4][5]

Dargwic

    • Chirag
    • Kubachi
    • North-Central Dargwa
      • Megeb
      • North Dargwa
        • Cudaxar
        • Gapshin-Butrin
        • Kadarskij
        • Muirin
          • Dejbuk
          • Xarbuk
        • Nuclear North Dargwa
          • Aqusha-Uraxi
            • Akusha
            • Uraxa
          • Mugin
          • Murego-Gubden
          • Upper Mulebki
    • South Dargwa
      • Kajtak
      • Southwestern Dargwa
        • Amuzgu-Shiri
        • Sanzhi-Icari
        • Sirhwa-Tanty
        • Upper-Vurqri
          • Amux
          • Khuduts
          • Qunqi

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Dargin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c Коряков, Юрий (2021). "Даргинские языки и их классификация" [Dargwa languages and their classification]. In Майсак, Т. А.; Сумбатова, Н. Р.; Тестелец, Я. Г. (eds.). Дурхъаси Хазна. Сборник Статей К 60-Летию Р. О. Муталова / Ред. Т. А. Майсак, Н. Р. Сумбатова, Я. Г. Тестелец. М.: Буки Веди Дурхъаси хазна. Сборник статей к 60-летию Р. О. Муталова (in Russian). Буки Веди. pp. 139–154. ISBN 978-5-6045633-5-9.
  3. ^ Муталов, Расул Османович (2021-03-07). "КЛАССИФИКАЦИЯ ДАРГИНСКИХ ЯЗЫКОВ И ДИАЛЕКТОВ". Sociolingvistika. 3 (7): 8–25. doi:10.37892/2713-2951-3-7-8-25. ISSN 2713-2951.
  4. ^ "Glottolog 5.0 - Dargwic". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  5. ^ Коряков, Ю. Б. "Лексикостатистическая классификация даргинских языков" (PDF). На основе доклада на московском семинаре по нахско-дагестанским языкам под руководством Н. Р. Сумбатовой, 30.10.2012.