Dargin language 873943 209465475 2008-05-01T14:50:46Z Amire80 210028 [[Category:Northeast Caucasian languages]] {{Incubator|code= dar}} {{language |name=Dargin |nativename=дарган мез ''dargan mez'' |familycolor=Caucasian |states=[[Russia]] |region=[[Dagestan]] |speakers=439,000 |fam1=[[Languages of the Caucasus|Caucasian]] ''(geographical convention)'' |fam2=[[North Caucasian languages|North]] ''(disputed)'' |fam3=[[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast]] |iso2=dar |iso3=dar }} The '''Dargin''' or '''Dargwa language''' is spoken by the [[Dargins|Dargin people]] of western [[Dagestan]]. It is a [[dialect continuum]] with three principal dialects, and its people are [[Sunni]]-[[Muslims]]. Dargwa peoples use a modified version of the [[Cyrillic]] [[alphabet]]s to write their language, which is one of the literary languages of [[Dagestan]]. As per the [[Russian Census (2002)|2002 Census]], there are 429,347 speakers of Dargwa proper in Dagestan, 7,188 in neighbouring [[Kalmykia]], 1,620 in [[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug|Khantia-Mansia]], 680 in [[Chechnya]], and hundreds more in other parts of Russia. Figures for the Lakh dialect are 142,523 in Dagestan, 1,504 in [[Kabardino-Balkaria]], 708 in Khantia-Mansia. ==External links== *[http://www.durov.com/linguistics4/abdullayev-67.htm Dargin language] {{ru icon}} [[Category:Northeast Caucasian languages]] [[Category:Languages of Russia]] [[Category:Dagestan]] {{Lang-stub}} [[ca:Darguà]] [[de:Darginische Sprache]] [[eo:Dargina lingvo]] [[fr:Dargwa]] [[ko:다르구아어]] [[ms:Bahasa Dargin]] [[pt:Língua dargínica]] [[ru:Даргинские языки]] [[fi:Dargvan kieli]]