Bagvalal
Bagvalal is a Nakh-Daghestanian language spoken in Russia, by about 1,450 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Bagvalal language (Bagulal) is an Avar–Andic language spoken by the Bagvalals in southwestern Dagestan, Russia, along the right bank of the river Andi-Koisu and the surrounding hills, near the Georgian border. It is fairly similar to Tindi, its closest relative. The 2020 Russian census recorded 2,297 Bagvalal speakers.
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Words in Bagvalal
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | adam* | |
| name | cEr* | |
| eye | haka* | |
| ear | haCita* | |
| nose | miXar* | |
| tooth | salu* | |
| tongue | mis* | |
| hand | lEla* | |
| blood | hEr* | |
| bone | ratL* | |
| skin | qXal* | |
| knee | nikw* | |
| breast | nih* | |
| liver | lElEL* | |
| water | лълъеᵸ | llˢẽ |
| fire | cay* | |
| sun | milh* | |
| star | cwara* | |
| stone | hica* | |
| mountain | bEsa* | |
| tree | roSa* | |
| leaf | al* | |
| night | rELa* | |
| dog | гьвай | hʷaj |
| fish | SwaSkwa* | |
| louse | nac* | |
| one | cEb* | |
| two | CEda* | |
| I | de* | |
| you | mE* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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