Andean languages
As Andean languages eight unrelated small languages are referred to in the Autonomous Republic of Dagestan ( Russian Federation ) are spoken by just 33,000 people. Together with the Avar language and the Didoic languages , they form the group of the Avaro-Ando-Didoic languages within the group of the Dagestani languages , which in turn belong to the ( Northeast Caucasian ) post-Dagestani languages. The Andean languages include the following languages, some of which are broken down into dialects that are difficult to understand among each other (in the last Russian census in 2002, these languages were recorded separately for the first time since the 1926 census, but they are still assigned to the Avars; the previous estimate in brackets the number of speakers):
- Achwachisch 6,362 (5,000)
- Andean 21,270 (10,000)
- Bagwalali 18 (6,000)
- Legal 0 (4,000)
- Ghodober 2 (3,000)
- Caratian 6,019 (6,000)
- Tindi 44 (5,000)
- Tschamalali 12 (6,000)
None of the eight languages has a writing system; Avar and Russian are used as written and lingua franca among each other .
literature
- Viktorija Yarzewa and others: Jasykosnanije: Bolshoi enziklopeditscheski sloar . Bolschaja Rossijskaja enziklopedija, Moscow 1998, pp. 10-12. ISBN 5-85270-307-9 (Russian)
Web links
- Map of the small Ando-Avaro-Didoic languages in western Dagestan, Andean languages: 2 to 9.
