Kubachi (alternatively Kubachin) is a language in the
Dargin dialect continuum spoken in
Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...
,
Russia. It spoken by the Kubachi people that reside in
Kubachi.
It is often considered a divergent dialect of
Dargwa.
Ethnologue
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lists it under the dialects of Dargwa but recognizes that it may be a separate language.
[Ethnologue report for Dargwa](_blank)
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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.
References
External links
Kubachins on everyculture.com
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Northeast Caucasian languages
Culture of Dagestan