Karata language

Karata
КIкIирлIи мацIцIи
Spoken in Southern Dagestan
Native speakers 6400  (2006)
Language family
Northeast Caucasian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kpt

Karata is an Andic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in southern Dagestan, Russia by approximately 5,000 people in 1990 according to the survey of A. Kibrik and by 6,400 people in 2006 according to the survey of Koryakov.[1] It has two dialects, Karatin and Tokitin, which are quite different.[1] 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.[2]

Contents

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

Consonant phonemes of Karata[3]
Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Epi-
glottal		 Glottal
central lateral
lenis fortis lenis fortis lenis fortis lenis fortis lenis fortis
Nasal m n
Plosive voiced b d ɡ
voiceless p t k ʔ
ejective (pʼ) tʼ kʼ
Affricate voiced (d͡ʒ)
voiceless t͡s t͡sː t͡ʃ t͡ʃː t͡ɬː k͡xː q͡χː
ejective t͡sʼ t͡sːʼ t͡ʃʼ t͡ʃːʼ t͡ɬː t͡ɬːʼ k͡xːʼ q͡χːʼ
Fricative voiceless s sː ʃ ʃː ɬ ɬː ç x xː ʜ h
voiced v z ʒ ɣ ʢ
Trill r
Approximant l j

References

  1. ^ a b Ethnologue entry for Karata
  2. ^ Nichols, Johanna (2006). "Review: Karatinsko-russkij slovar' [Karata-Russian Dictionary]". Anthropological Linguistics 48 (1): 95–98. ISSN 00035483. 
  3. ^ Consonant Systems of the North-East Caucasian Languages on TITUS DIDACTICA