Kajtak
Kajtak is a Nakh-Daghestanian language spoken in Russia, by about 25 thousand people.
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Kaitag (Kaitag: Хайдакьан кув [χɑjdɑqʼɑn kʰuβ]; also Kaidak, Karakaitak, Karkaidak, Qaidaqlan and Xajdak) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in Dagestan, Russia. It has sometimes been considered a divergent dialect of Dargwa due to it being part of the Dargin dialect continuum. The Routledge Ethnographic Handbook (2017) divided Kaitag into two dialects: northern (Magalis-Kaitak) and southern (Karakaitak). Recent results of the Association of the Russian Sociolinguists (2021) further developed it into three dialects: Lower Kaitag, Upper Kaitag and Shari, the latter of which may be a separate but closely related language.
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Words in Kajtak
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | уба | uba |
| father | а́тта | átta |
| child | дяргья́ | dərhə́ |
| man | мургу́л | murgúl |
| woman | хьулу́м | xulúm |
| name | зу | zu |
| friend | урта́къкъ | urtáɢɢ |
| eye | уле | ule |
| tongue | луццу́м | luccúm |
| hand | някъкъ | nəɢɢ |
| heart | а́къкъе | áɢɢe |
| head | бекӏ | beḳ |
| knee | кьвакь | q̇vaq̇ |
| water | шин | šin |
| fire | цӏа | c̣a |
| sun | ба́ре | báre |
| moon | бацц | bacc |
| star | зу́ре | zúre |
| sky | ццав | ccav |
| wind | букӏум | buḳum |
| stone | къкъаркъкъа | ɢɢarɢɢa |
| mountain | дубу́р | dubúr |
| river | еркӏ | erḳ |
| tree | кка́лкка | kkálkka |
| dog | хвя | ꭓvə |
| fish | бяли́къкъ | bəlíɢɢ |
| bird | чӏучӏу́ | č̣uč̣ú |
| horse | йябу́ | jəbú |
| pig | жакьа | žaq̇a |
| snake | цӏецӏе | c̣ec̣e |
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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