Chamalal language
E416671
The Chamalal language is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Chamalal people in the western part of Dagestan, Russia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chamalal language canonical | 4 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Northeast Caucasian language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-established within Andic branch ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Tsakhur language
ⓘ
surface form:
Akhvakh language
Bagvalal language ⓘ Tindi language ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnologueStatus | threatened ⓘ |
| family | Northeast Caucasian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | cham1309 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Chamalal ⓘ |
| governingStateLanguagePolicy | Russian language dominance in education ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Chamalal
ⓘ
Chamalin ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Gadyri dialect
ⓘ
Gakvari dialect ⓘ Gigatl dialect ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ejective consonants
ⓘ
pharyngeal consonants ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | cji ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Nakh-Daghestanian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea |
Caucasian Sprachbund
ⓘ
surface form:
East Caucasian Sprachbund
|
| locatedNear | Andi languages area ⓘ |
| minorityLanguageIn | Russia ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakersEstimate | a few hundred to a few thousand speakers ⓘ |
| primaryDomainOfUse | home and community ⓘ |
| region | North Caucasus ⓘ |
| religionOfSpeakers | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| scriptUsage | some use of Avar or Russian scripts informally ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Chamalal people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Dagestan
ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Federation
Dagestan ⓘ
surface form:
western Dagestan
|
| subfamily |
Avar-Andic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Avar–Andic languages
|
| subgroup | Andic languages ⓘ |
| transmission | declining intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| typology |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Avar language
ⓘ
Russian language ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none (traditionally unwritten) ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.