Bagvalal is member of the Avar-Andic branch of the Northeast Caucasian languages spoken in Dagestan in the Russian Federation by about 6,500 people. Bagvalal speakers, who call themselves Багвал (Bagwal), live along the right bank of the river Andi-Koisu and in the surrounding hills near the border with Georgian.
Bagvalal is used mainly within families, while Avar is used elsewhere. It contains many words borrowed from Arabic, Russian, Turkish and Avar, and is rarely written.
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цев тъекlващув вукlвале габда ваша| цеб гамала буківале|| ев вичlийоб заманальльани об гама бета гикьийале гьечlи кІвахlалав вашащула | имала вичlаво | гама бикъилълъ дагlба булълъуро | дибиргъоби белълъала инщи-инщуб кІвахlалгьирр баcäле | гьечlи гикl ащур гьикьийале | ев гъанкъаливо вукІверала лълъе цlцlела велълъичlували | вакьиссущур гьикьийале | ев гьесса гьецlийоб къ(в)алълъир гьанъалах вукlверала | кІвахlалгьиво лълъе цlцlеч убалди | гьечlи мукlув гуладачlи вигъийале|| гье дибиршур бацlцlийле гьечlи мукlущучl| ме ешта aлахичlув гьикьиво | хlлалели-мухада цеб джаваб ик ийале дибирщула | деалгьанхила кІвахІалгьивера гьикьибо|| мукlув гьечlи квахалавлгьи гьаниво! гlама ощула бетале ||
One man had three sons and one donkey. Dying, he (man) bequeathed: let (that) donkey go to the laziest son. After the death of his father because of the (division) of the donkey, they argued (and) went to the judge and each (of them) told him about his laziness. The oldest (brother) said: "If I'm even thirsty, lazy, I won't go to drink water." The middle (brother) said: "Even sailing across the river, if I'm thirsty, I won't drink lazy." The youngest (brother) stood in silence. The judge asked the younger one, "Why aren't you talking?" He hardly answered the judge: "I'm too lazy to talk." Having proved the laziness of his younger brother, (the judge) left him a donkey.
Source: Языки народов СССР, том 4, Иберийско-кавказские языки, Бокарев Е.А., Ломтатидзе К.В., 1967
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Information about Bagvalal language and people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagvalal_language
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/kva
http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/bagulals.shtml
Aghul, Akhvakh, Andi, Archi, Avar, Bagvalal, Batsbi, Bezhta, Botlikh, Budukh, Caucasian Albanian, Chamalal, Chechen, Dargwa, Godoberi, Hinukh, Hunzib, Ingush, Kaitag, Karata, Khinalug, Khwarshi, Kryts, Kubachi, Lak, Lezgian, Rutul, Tabassaran, Tindi, Tsakhur, Tsez, Udi
Abaza, Abkhaz, Adyghe, Aghul, Akhvakh, Akkala Sámi, Aleut, Altay, Alyutor, Andi, Archi, Assyrian / Neo-Assyrian, Avar, Azeri, Bagvalal, Balkar, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bezhta, Bosnian, Botlikh, Budukh, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chamalal, Chechen, Chelkan, Chukchi, Chulym, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Dargwa, Daur, Dolgan, Dungan, Enets, Erzya, Even, Evenki, Gagauz, Godoberi, Hinukh, Hunzib, Ingush, Interslavic, Itelmen, Juhuri, Kabardian, Kaitag, Kalderash Romani, Kalmyk, Karaim, Karakalpak, Karata, Karelian, Kazakh, Ket, Khakas, Khanty, Khinalug, Khorasani Turkic, Khwarshi, Kildin Sámi, Kili, Komi, Koryak, Krymchak, Kryts, Kubachi, Kumandy, Kumyk, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lak, Lezgi, Lingua Franca Nova, Lithuanian, Ludic, Macedonian, Mansi, Mari, Moksha, Moldovan, Mongolian, Montenegrin, Nanai, Negidal, Nenets, Nganasan, Nivkh, Nogai, Old Church Slavonic, Oroch, Orok, Ossetian, Pontic Greek, Romanian, Rushani, Russian, Rusyn, Rutul, Selkup, Serbian, Shor, Shughni, Siberian Tatar, Sirenik, Slovio, Soyot, Tabassaran, Tajik, Talysh, Tat, Tatar, Teleut, Ter Sámi, Tindi, Tofa, Tsakhur, Tsez, Turkmen, Tuvan, Ubykh, Udege, Udi, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Ulch, Urum, Uyghur, Uzbek, Veps, Votic, Wakhi, West Polesian, Xibe, Yaghnobi, Yakut, Yazghulami, Yukaghir (Northern / Tundra), Yukaghir (Southern / Kolyma), Yupik (Central Siberian)
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