Chamalal language

Chamalal
чамалалдуб мичIчI (çamalaldub miçʿçʿ)
Native to	Russia
Region	Southwestern Dagestan^[1]
Ethnicity	Chamalal people
Native speakers	500 (2010)^[2]
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Avar–Andic Andic Akhvakh–Tindi Karata–Tindi Botlikh–Tindi Chamalal
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`cji`
Glottolog	`cham1309`^[3]

Chamalal is an Andic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in southwestern Dagestan, Russia by approximately 500 ethnic Chamalals. It has three quite distinct dialects, Gadyri, Gakvari, and Gigatl.^[2]

References

↑ Ethnologue language map of European Russia, with Chamalal in the inset with reference number 10
1 2 Chamalal at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Chamalal". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Northeast Caucasian languages

Avar–Andic languages	Akhvakh Andi Avar Bagvalal Botlikh Chamalal Godoberi Karata Tindi

Tsezic languages	Bezhta Hinukh Hunzib Khwarshi Tsez

Dargin languages	Chirag Dargwa Itsari Kajtak Kubachi

Lezgic languages	Aghul Archi Budukh Kryts Lezgian Rutul Tabasaran Tsakhur Udi

Nakh languages	Bats Chechen Ingush

Other languages	Khinalug Lak

Caucasian
(areal)

Avar–Andic	Andic Akhvakh Bagvalal–Tindi Botlix–Godoberi Chamalal Karata Literary Andi Avar

Dargic	Literary Dargwa and dialects Chirag Itsari Kajtak Kubachi

Didoic	Bezhta–Hunzib–Khwarshi Hinukh–Literary Tsez

Lezgic	Aghul Archi Budukh Kryts Lezgian Rutul Tabasaran Tsakhur Udi

Nakh	Bats Chechen–Ingush

Other	Khinalug Lak

Karto-Zan–Svan	Georgian Svan Zan Laz Mingrelian

Abazgi–Adyghe	Abkhaz–Abaza Circassian

Armenian

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