Botlikh
Botlikh is a Nakh-Daghestanian language spoken in Russia, by about 210 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Botlikh (also spelled Botlix) is an Andic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken by the Botlikhs in the villages of Botlikh (Buikhe), Miarso and Ashino, as well as in Chontaul, Ankho and in Batlakhatli, in southwestern Dagestan, Russia by approximately 5,000 people, according to the 2020 census.
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Words in Botlikh
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | adam* | |
| name | cEri* | |
| eye | hay* | |
| ear | hantuka* | |
| nose | mi7ar* | |
| tooth | salu* | |
| tongue | mici* | |
| hand | rE7a* | |
| blood | hiri* | |
| bone | ratLir* | |
| skin | qXal* | |
| knee | nuku* | |
| breast | niXi* | |
| liver | rEhin* | |
| water | лълъени | llˢeni |
| fire | cay* | |
| sun | mihi* | |
| star | cay* | |
| stone | hica* | |
| mountain | tLudi* | |
| tree | ruSa* | |
| leaf | Xali* | |
| night | rEha* | |
| dog | хай | xaj |
| fish | qXway* | |
| louse | naci* | |
| one | cEb* | |
| two | kEdas* | |
| I | dEn* | |
| you | min* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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