Andi language

Andi
къIaваннаб мицци qwavannab micci[1]
Region Southern Dagestan
Ethnicity Andi
Native speakers
 5,800  (2010 census)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ani
Glottolog andi1255[3]

Andi is a Northeast Caucasian language belonging to the Avar–Andic branch spoken by about 5,800 ethnic Andi (2010). There are four dialects, Munin, Rikvani, Kvanxidatl, and Gagatl, which appear quite divergent. Speakers generally use Avar or Russian as their literary language(s).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Margus Kolga; Igor Tõnurist; Lembit Vaba; Jüri Viikberg (1993). "The Andis". The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Andi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  3. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Andi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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