Tabasaran
Tabasaran is a Nakh-Daghestanian language spoken in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan, by about 75.1 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Tabasaran (also written Tabassaran) is a Northeast Caucasian language of the Lezgic branch. It is spoken by the Tabasaran people in the southern part of the Russian Republic of Dagestan. There are two main dialects: North (Khanag) and South Tabasaran. It has a literary language based on the Southern dialect, one of the official languages of Dagestan.
Tabasaran is an ergative language. The verb system is relatively simple; verbs agree with the subject in number, person and (in North Tabasaran) class. North Tabasaran has two noun classes (that is, grammatical gender), whereas Southern Tabasaran lacks noun classes / gender.
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Words in Tabasaran
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | дада | dada |
| father | адаш | adaš |
| name | ччвур | č̄vur |
| eye | ул | ul |
| ear | иб | ib |
| tooth | силиб | silib |
| tongue | мелз | melz |
| hand | хил | ꭓil |
| heart | юкӏв | |
| blood | ифи | ifi |
| breast | мухур | muꭓur |
| liver | кӏару ликӏ | ḳaru liḳ |
| water | шид | šid |
| fire | цӏа | c̣a |
| moon | ваз | vaz |
| star | хяд | ꭓjad |
| sky | зав | zav |
| rain | мархь | marx |
| wind | микӏ | miḳ |
| mountain | дагъ | daġ |
| sea | гьюл | hjul |
| night | йишв | |
| dog | ху | ꭓu |
| cat | гату | gatu |
| fish | балугъ | baluġ |
| bird | гъуш | ġuš |
| horse | гъяйван | ġjajvan |
| cow | хюни | ꭓjuni |
| louse | ницц | nic̄ |
| one | саб | sab |
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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