Artschin language
Artschin | ||
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Spoken in |
Republic of Dagestan ( Russian Federation ) | |
speaker | approx. 1,000 | |
Linguistic classification |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639 -1 |
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ISO 639 -2 |
cau |
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ISO 639-3 |
aqc |
The Artschinische (also Artschibische , own name: tʃ'at arʃatːen ) is of approximately 1,000 people in the south of the Autonomous Republic of Dagestan ( Russian Federation ) spoke. It belongs to the Lesgian subgroup of the ( Northeast Caucasian ) Nacho-Dagestani language family.
The language is named after the place Artschi (b) .
Linguistic characteristics
Artschin is rich in phonemes (81) and is characterized by the phenomenon of prosodic pharyngealization .
It has 8 nominal classes and 16 cases ; it is an ergative language and has a tendency towards the word order subject-object-verb (SOV).
literature
- George Hewitt: Introduction to the Study of the Languages of the Caucasus . LINCOM Europe, Munich 2004, p. 28.
- Aleksandr E. Kibrik et al .: Opyt strukturnogo opisanija arčinskogo jazyka (vol. 1–3), Arčinskij jazyk - teksty i slovari (vol. 4). Moscow University Publishing House, Moscow 1977. (in Russian)