Kubachi language

Kubachi
гӀугъбуган (Kubachin)
Region	Dagestan
Native speakers	(no estimate available)
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Dargin Kubachi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist list	`dar-kub`

Kubachi (alternatively Kubachin) is a language from the Dargin dialect continuum spoken in Dagestan, Russia. It is often considered a divergent dialect of Dargwa. The Ethnologue lists it under the dialects of Dargwa, but recognizes that it may be a separate language.^[1]

1 Phonology
- 1.1 Vowels
- 1.2 Consonants
2 References
3 External links

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

Consonant phonemes of Kubachi^[2]
		Labial		Dental		Alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Uvular		Epi- glottal	Glottal
		lenis	fortis	lenis	fortis	lenis	fortis	Palatal	lenis	fortis	lenis	fortis	Epi- glottal	Glottal
Nasal		m		n
Plosive	voiced	b		d					ɡ
	voiceless	p	pː	t	tː				k	kː	q	qː		ʔ
	ejective	pʼ		tʼ					kʼ		qʼ
Affricate	voiceless			t͡s	t͡sː	t͡ʃ	t͡ʃː
Affricate	ejective			t͡sʼ		t͡ʃʼ
Fricative	voiceless			s	sː	ʃ	ʃː		x	xː	χ	χː	ʜ
Fricative	voiced			z		ʒ					ʁ		ʢ	ɦ
Trill						r
Approximant		w		l				j

The glottal stop transcribed here is named rather ambiguously a "glottalic laryngeal" by both sources.
Also note that the source names the epiglottal series ″pharyngeal″ indiscriminately in all the tables, also when it includes a plosive and thus clearly isn't a true pharyngeal.

References

^ Ethnologue report for Dargwa
^ Consonant Systems of the North-East Caucasian Languages on TITUS DIDACTICA

External links

Kubachins on everyculture.com

Northeast Caucasian languages

Avar–Andic languages	Akhvakh Andi Avar Bagvalal Botlikh Chamalal Godoberi Karata Tindi

Tsezic languages	Bezhta Hinukh Hunzib Khwarshi Tsez

Dargin languages	Chirag Dargwa Itsari Kajtak Kubachi

Lezgic languages	Aghul Archi Budukh Kryts Lezgian Rutul Tabasaran Tsakhur Udi

Nakh languages	Bats Chechen Ingush

Other languages	Khinalug Lak

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Kubachi language