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Itsari (Icari, Itsari: ицӀран гъай[1]) is a language in the Dargin dialect continuum spoken in Dagestan, Russia spoken in the village Itsari, as well as in Kizlyarsky District, Druzhba, and other villages and cities, both in and outside of Dagestan, by about 2,000 people.[2] It is often considered a divergent dialect of Dargwa. Ethnologue lists it as a dialect of Dargwa but recognizes that it may be a separate language.[3] Its closest relative is Sanzhi, which has only about 200 speakers and is considered to be an endangered language, as parents are now teaching their children Russian for practical purposes.[4]
| Itsari | |
|---|---|
| Icari | |
| ицӀран гъай[1] ИцIрила гъай | |
| Pronunciation | [its’ran ʁaj] [its’arila] |
| Native to | North Caucasus |
| Region | Dagestan |
| Ethnicity | Dargins |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2003)[2] |
| unwritten | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | icar1234 Icari |
_2021.png) Itsari (and Sanzhi) | |
Usage
editIn the village of Itsari, the Itsari language is used for all purposes except writing, as the residents of Itsari use standard written Dargwa or Russian as their written language. The younger population is shifting to Russian as their primary language.[2]
Phonology
editVowels
edit| Front | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | phar. | |||
| Close | short | [i] i | [u] u | [uˤ] uӏ |
| long | [iː] ī | [uː] ū | ||
| Mid/Low | short | [e] e | [ɑ] а | [ɑˤ] aӏ |
| long | [eː] ē | [ɑː] ā | ||
Itsari has phonemic pharyngealization, as is evidenced by the minimal pair šam 'lamb' – šaӏm 'candle'.
References
edit- ^ a b Коряков, Юрий (2021). "Даргинские языки и их классификация" [Dargwa languages and their classification]. In Майсак, Т. А.; Сумбатова, Н. Р.; Тестелец, Я. Г. (eds.). Дурхъаси Хазна. Сборник Статей К 60-Летию Р. О. Муталова / Ред. Т. А. Майсак, Н. Р. Сумбатова, Я. Г. Тестелец. М.: Буки Веди Дурхъаси хазна. Сборник статей к 60-летию Р. О. Муталова (in Russian). Буки Веди. pp. 139–154. ISBN 978-5-6045633-5-9.
- ^ a b c d Sumbatova, Nina R.; Mutalov, Rasul O. (2003). A grammar of Icari Dargwa. Languages of the world. Muenchen: LINCOM Europa. ISBN 978-3-89586-014-0.
- ^ Dargwa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Forker, Diana (2019-07-17). A grammar of Sanzhi Dargwa. Language Science Press (published 2020). doi:10.5281/zenodo.3339225. ISBN 9783961101962.
