Kubachi (alternatively Kubachin) is a language in the
Dargin dialect continuum spoken in
Dagestan
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,
Russia
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, by
Kubachi people. It is often considered a divergent dialect of
Dargwa, but it has also historically been portrayed as a separate language. ''
Ethnologue
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'' lists it as a separate language.
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Phonology
Vowels
Consonants
The glottal stop
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transcribed here is named rather ambiguously a "glottalic laryngeal" by both sources.
The original Dargwic phoneme in Kubachi has become or disappeared, lengthening the neighboring vowel.
Alphabet
References
External links
Kubachins on everyculture.com
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Northeast Caucasian languages
Culture of Dagestan