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Karata language

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Native to
  
Russia

Ethnicity
  
Karata

ISO 639-3
  
kpt

Region
  
Southern Dagestan

Native speakers
  
260 (2010 census)

Karata language

Language family
  
Northeast Caucasian Avar–Andic Andic Akhvakh–Tindi Karata–Tindi Karata

Karata is an Andic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in southern Dagestan, Russia by 260 Karata in 2010. It has two dialects, Karatin and Tokitin, which are quite different. Speakers use Avar as their literary language.

There are ten towns in which the language is traditionally spoken: Karata, Anchix, Tukita, Rachabalda, Lower Inxelo, Mashtada, Archo, Chabakovo, Racitl, and formerly Siux.

Consonants

  • The glottal stop transcribed here is named rather ambiguously a "glottalic laryngeal" by the source.

    • References

    Karata language Wikipedia
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