Mehweb language

Mehweb
Megeb
мехӀвела мез
Pronunciation[meħʷela mez]
Native toRussia
RegionMegeb, Dagestan
EthnicityDargins
Native speakers
800-900 (2019)[1]
1,300 (2021)[2]
Northeast Caucasian
  • Dargin
    • North-Central Dargin
      • Mehweb
unwritten
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologmege1234
  Mehweb

The Mehweb language (Mehweb: мехӀвела мез, meħʷela mez[3]) is a Dargin language, frequently considered a dialect of a unified Dargwa language, spoken in the village of Megeb in Dagestan, as well as by former residents of the village who have moved to larger cities, by about 800 to 900 people.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Asher, R. E.; Moseley, Christopher; Kahn, Lily; Valijärvi, Riitta, eds. (2018). "7 Northern Asia and Eastern Europe (draft)". Atlas of the World's Languages (3rd ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-0415835022.
  3. ^ 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.