Dargwa is a North East Caucasian language spoken mainly in the Dagestan Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation. There are also Dargwa speakers in the republics of Kalmykia, Khantia-Mansia and Chechnya, in other parts of the Russian Federation, and in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. In 2010 there were about 486,000 speakers of Dargwa in Russia, and another 10,000 in other countries.
Dargwa is also known as Dargin, Dargi or Dargva, and there are numerous dialects, including Cudaxar, Akusha, Kaitag, Kubachi, Muirin, Sirxin and Chirag.
Dargwa is a recognised language in the Dagestan Autonomous Republic. It is taught in some schools, and is used in newspapers, periodicals and other literature. Parts of the Bible have been translated into Dargwa.
Dargwa was written with the Arabic alphabet 1926, when the Latin alphabet was adopted. Since 1937 a version of the Cyrillic alphabet has been used to write Dargwa.
ظ, ض, ص, ذ and ث were only used in Arabic loanwords and names.
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Пачала хӀукуматла замана нушала шила хозяйство гӀелакабухъи бири. Бахъалгъунти хъубзури мискиндешлизиб ва цӀябдешлизиб хӀербирутири. Хъубзурала диштӀа хозяйствобани гьабкьяси агротехника бузахъес дирути ахӀенри. Илдала, ахърибикӀуси ахӀенри машинаби тӀалабдарес ва улка ризкьиличира цархӀилти продуктуначилра гӀеббуцес.
Дудешли уршбачи хъарбариб, цабагли хӀербиахъес; илди лехӀхӀебизур. ИлхӀели илини хъарбариб хахъес ва иб: «Мая баченая!» Илди сецадхӀи къайгънабиркьалра, ил бячес хӀебиуб. ИлхӀели дудешли бушкала бехъуб ва цацали мурчӀи дячахъес хъарбариб. Илдани мурчӀи цацали гьамадли дячун.
Pačala ḥukumatla zamana nušala šila xozäjstvo ʕelakabuqi biri. Baqalǧunti qubzuri miskindešlizib va c’äbdešlizib ḥerbirutiri. Qubzurala dišt’a xozäjstvobani habq’äsi agrotexnika buzaqes diruti aḥenri. Ildala, aqribik’usi aḥenri mašinabi t’alabdares va ulka rizq’iličira carḥilti produktunačilra ʕebbuces.
Dudešli uršbači qarbarib, cabagli ḥerbiaqes; ildi leḥḥebizur. Ilḥeli ilini qarbarib xaqes va ib: «Maja bačenaja!» Ildi secadḥi ġajǧnabirq’alra, il bäčes ḥebiub. Ilḥeli dudešli buškala bequb va cacali murč’i däčaqes qarbarib. Ildani murč’i cacali hamadli däčun.
Source: Определитель языков мира по письменностям. Академия наук СССР. Москва – 1965.
Sample text supplied by Wolfgang Kuhl. Other information provided by Wolfram Siegel and Michael Peter Füstumum
Information about Dargwa | Numbers
Information about the Dargin/Dargwa language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dargwa_language
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Даргинская_письменность
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/dar
https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/250eth
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