Northeast Caucasian language or dialect in Dagestan, Russia
Kubachi
Kubachin
гӀюгъбугъан куб/гъай[1]
Pronunciation
[ʡūˁʁbugankub/ʁaj]
Native to
North Caucasus
Region
Dagestan
Native speakers
7,000 (2020)[2]
Language family
Northeast Caucasian
Dargin
Southern[1]
Ashti [ru]-Kubachi[1]
Kubachi
Writing system
Cyrillic script
Language codes
ISO 639-3
ugh
Glottolog
kuba1248
Kubachi (alternatively Kubachin) is a language in the Dargin dialect continuum spoken in Dagestan, Russia, by Kubachi people.[3] It is often considered a divergent dialect of Dargwa, but it has also historically been portrayed as a separate language. Ethnologue lists it as a separate language.[2]
^ abcКоряков, Юрий (2021). "Даргинские языки и их классификация" [Dargwa languages and their classification]. In Майсак, Т. А.; Сумбатова, Н. Р.; Тестелец, Я. Г. (eds.). Дурхъаси Хазна. Сборник Статей К 60-Летию Р. О. Муталова / Ред. Т. А. Майсак, Н. Р. Сумбатова, Я. Г. Тестелец. М.: Буки Веди Дурхъаси хазна. Сборник статей к 60-летию Р. О. Муталова (in Russian). Буки Веди. pp. 139–154. ISBN 978-5-6045633-5-9.