Bagvalal language

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Bagvalal
Bagualal, Bagwalal
багвалал мисӀсӀ
Pronunciation	[bagwalal mis’ː]
Native to	North Caucasus
Region	Southwestern Dagestan[1]
Ethnicity	Bagvalal people
Native speakers	2,300 (2020 census)[2]
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Avar–Andic Andic Akhvakh–Tindi Karata–Tindi Botlikh–Tindi Bagvalal–Tindi Bagvalal
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kva
Glottolog	bagv1239
ELP	Bagvalal
Bagvalal
Bagvalal is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)

The Bagvalal language (Bagulal) is an Avar–Andic language spoken by the Bagvalals in southwestern Dagestan, Russia, along the right bank of the river Andi-Koisu and the surrounding hills, near the Georgian border. It is fairly similar to Tindi, its closest relative. The 2020 Russian census recorded 2,297 Bagvalal speakers.^[2]