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Kajtak

Kajtak is a Nakh-Daghestanian language spoken in Russia, by about 25 thousand people.

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Kajtak · 42.1°N 47.8°E

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

MeaningWordRomanization
motherубаuba
fatherа́ттаátta
childдяргья́dərhə́
manмургу́лmurgúl
womanхьулу́мxulúm
nameзуzu
friendурта́къкъurtáɢɢ
eyeулеule
tongueлуццу́мluccúm
handнякъкъnəɢɢ
heartа́къкъеáɢɢe
headбекӏbeḳ
kneeкьвакьq̇vaq̇
waterшинšin
fireцӏаc̣a
sunба́реbáre
moonбаццbacc
starзу́реzúre
skyццавccav
windбукӏумbuḳum
stoneкъкъаркъкъаɢɢarɢɢa
mountainдубу́рdubúr
riverеркӏerḳ
treeкка́лккаkkálkka
dogхвяꭓvə
fishбяли́къкъbəlíɢɢ
birdчӏучӏу́č̣uč̣ú
horseйябу́jəbú
pigжакьаžaq̇a
snakeцӏецӏеc̣ec̣e

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Vocabulary

  • DargwaNakh-Daghestanian50% alike
  • KubachiNakh-Daghestanian48% alike
  • TabasaranNakh-Daghestanian14% alike
  • AghulNakh-Daghestanian14% alike
  • ArchiNakh-Daghestanian13% alike
  • TsakhurNakh-Daghestanian12% alike

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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