Khwarshi language
Northeast Caucasian language spoken in Dagestan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Khwarshi (also spelled Xvarshi, Khvarshi) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in the Tsumadinsky-, Kizilyurtovsky- and Khasavyurtovsky districts of Dagestan by the Khwarshi people. The exact number of speakers is not known, but the linguist Zaira Khalilova, who has carried out fieldwork in the period from 2005 to 2009, gives the figure 8,500.[5] Other sources give much lower figures, such as Ethnologue with the figure 1,870[1] and the latest population census of Russia with the figure 1,872.[6] The low figures are because many Khwarshi have registered themselves as being Avar speakers,[5] because Avar is their literary language.
Khwarshi | |
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Khwarshi–Inkhoqwari | |
анкьизас мыц | |
Native to | North Caucasus |
Region | Southwestern Dagestan[1][2] |
Ethnicity | Khwarshi people |
Native speakers | 1,700 (2010 census)[3] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | khv |
Glottolog | khva1239 |
ELP | Khvarshi |
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There are six dialects of the Khwarshi language based on their geographical distribution. The dialects are: Upper and Lower Inkhokwari, Kwantlada, Santlada, Khwayni and Khwarshi Proper, originating in their respective villages in the Tsumadinsky district. Due to emigration, Kwantlada-, Upper and Lower Inkhokwari–speaking communities also exist in Oktyabrskoe, Santlada-speaking communities exist in Pervomayskoe and Khwarshi Proper–speaking communities exist in Mutsalaul.