Karata () is an
Andic language of the
Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in southern
Dagestan
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Russia
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Karata in 2010. There are ten towns in which the language is traditionally spoken: Karata, Anchix, Tukita, Rachabalda, Lower Inxelo, Mashtada, Archo, Chabakovo, Racitl, and formerly Siux.
Speakers use
Avar as their literary language.
Dialects
The language has two dialects, Karatin and Tokitin, which slightly differ in phonetics and morphology but are mutually intelligible.
There are also four subdialects; ''Anchikh, Archi, Ratsitl'' and ''Rachabalda.''
Phonology
Consonants
*The
glottal stop transcribed here is named rather ambiguously a "glottalic
laryngeal" by the source.
Vowels
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karata Language
Northeast Caucasian languages
Andic languages
Endangered Caucasian languages