Dargwa language
language spoken by the Dargin people of Dagestan
Dargwa(Dargwa: дарган мез, dargan mez) is a Northeast Caucasian language. It is spoken in Dagestan and Stavropol Krai between the Dargins. There are about 426,000 speakers. In the Russian part of the territory, Dargin language has the status of an official language, that can be studied at universities. There are also radio programmes using the language. Originally, the language used the Arabic script, but in 1929, this was changed to Cyrillic, like the rest of the Soviet Union.
| Dargin language | |
|---|---|
| дарган мез | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Dagestan |
| Ethnicity | Dargins[1] |
Native speakers | 426 000 in Russia (2021 census)[1] |
Northeast Caucasian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dar |
| Glottolog | darg |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dargin language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
