Aqusha | |
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Akusha | |
ахъушан / ахъушала лугъат aqušan / aqušala luʁat | |
Pronunciation | [aquʃan/aquʃalaluʁat] |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Dagestan |
Ethnicity | Aqusha Dargins |
Native speakers | 42,000 in traditional areas (2006) [1] |
Northeast Caucasian
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Standard forms | |
Dialects |
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Cyrillic (Literary Dargwa only) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | dar (Litarary Dargwa only) |
ISO 639-3 | dar (Literary Dargwa only) |
Glottolog | akus1238 Akusha |
![]() North Dargwa, with Aqusha at the bottom left of the section |
Aqusha is a dialect of North Dargwa spoken by over 42,000 Dargins. [1] It is the basis for the literary Dargwa language, along with Urakhi, as was developed in the 1930s. [2] Speakers of Aqusha number the most among Dargwa linguistic groups. [3]
Aqusha is most commonly found in the Akushinsky and Levashinsky Districts. There is a significant diaspora of Aqusha speakers in southern European Russia.
Aqusha is divided into 2 dialects, Aqusha and Levashi. According to Saygid Abdullayev , the differences in the Aqusha dialect are hardly noticeable and insignificant. [3]
Aqusha, and dialects of its type, lack the fortis and lenis contrast that is found in dialects of the Tsudaqar type. [4] Vowel length and labialization are also absent. Glottalized ⟨и⟩ and ⟨о⟩ occur, and the case indicator ⟨д⟩ is lost after prefixes. [3]
Aqusha | Standard | Gloss | |
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Ergative | ший | шинни | water |
Степай | Степанни | Stepan | |
Ивай | Иванни | Ivan | |
хӀяй | хӀяй, хӀялли | position | |
хӀуй | хӀуй, хӀулини | eye | |
Genitive | ши | шинна | water |
Степа | Степанна | Stepan | |
хӀя | хӀялла | position | |
ша | шалила | sides | |
ГӀалла | Алила | Ali | |
Дагъиста | Дагъиста, Дагъистанна | Dagestan |