Dargwa | |
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дарган мез dargan mez دارگان مەز | |
Native to | North Caucasus |
Region | Dagestan |
Ethnicity | 630,000 Dargins (2020 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 590,000 (2020 census, all Dargin languages)[2] |
Northeast Caucasian
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Cyrillic | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Russia |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | dar |
ISO 639-3 | dar (also Dargin languages) |
Glottolog | darg1241 sout3261 |
Map of all Dargin varieties |
Dargwa (дарган мез, dargan mez) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Dargin people in the Russian republic Dagestan. This article discusses the literary dialect of the dialect continuum constituting the Dargin languages.[3] It is based on the Aqusha and Urakhi dialects of Northern Dargin.