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Archi language

Archi is a Caucasian language spoken by the 1,000 Archis in the village of Archi, southern Dagestan, Russia. It contrasts a voiceless velar lateral fricative with voiceless and ejective velar lateral affricates.

The classification of the Archi language has not been definitively established. Peter von Uslar felt it should be considered a variant of the Avar language, but Roderich von Erckert saw it is closer to Lak. The language has also been considered as a separate entity that could be placed somewhere between Avar and Lak. The Italian linguist, Trombetti, placed the Archi language within the Avar-Ando-Dido group, but today the most widely recognized opinion follows that of the Soviet scholar, E. Bokarev, who regards Archi as one of the Lezgian-Samur group of the Dagestan languages.

Alphabet

А а Аа аа АI аI АаI ааI ы Б б В в Г г
Гв гв Гь гь Гъ гъ Гъв гъв ГъI гъI ГъIв гъIв ГI гI Д д
е ее еI Ж ж Жв жв З з Зв зв И и
Ии ии ИI иI Й й К к кк Кв кв ккв КI кI
КIв кIв Къ къ Къв къв ккъ КъI къI ккъI КъIв къIв КкъIв ккъIв
Кь кь Кьв кьв Л л Лъ лъ Ллъ ллъ Лъв лъв Ллъв ллъв ЛI лI
ЛIв лIв М м Н н О о Оо оо ОI оI ооI П п
Пп пп ПI пI Р р С с Сс сс Св св Т т Тт тт
ТI тI Тв твI У у Уу уу УI уI Х х Хх хх Хв хв
Ххв ххв ХI хI ХьI хьI ХхьI ххьI ХьIв хьIв ХхьIв ххьIв Хъ хъ Хъв хъв
ХъI хъI ХъIв хъIв Ц ц Цв цв ЦI цI ЦцI ццI Ч ч Чв чв
ЧI чI ЧIв чIв Ш ш Щ щ Шв шв Щв щв Э э Ээ ээ
ЭI эI

Phonology

 Consonant phonemes of Archi
  Labial Dental/
Alveolar 		Post-
alveolar 		Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn-
geal 		Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive voiced b d ɡ
voiceless p t k
aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ
ejective pʼ tʼ kʼ
Affricate aspirated ts tʃ kʟ̝̊
ejective tsʼ tʃʼ kʟ̝̊ʼ
Fricative voiceless s ʃ χ ħ h
voiceless lateral ʟ̝̊
voiced v z ʒ ʑ ʁ ʕ
Trill r
Approximant central j w
Lateral l

References

  • Dirr, A. M. (1908). Sbornik materialov dlja opisanija mestnostej i plemen Kavkaza. Tbilisi:
  • Kaxadze, O. I. (1979). The Archi language and its relation to other Daghestan languages. Tbilisi: Mecniereba.
  • Kibrik, Aleksandr E. (1972). "O formal'nom vydelenii soglasovatel'nyx klassov v arčinskom jazyke". Voprosy jazykoznanija 1 124–31.
  • Kibrik, Aleksandr E. (1977). Taksonomičeskaja grammatika. Moscow: Izdatel'stvo moskovskogo universiteta.
  • Kibrik, Aleksandr E. (1977). Dinamičeskaja grammatika. Moscow: Izdatel'stvo moskovskogo universiteta.
  • Kibrik, Aleksandr E. (1993). Indigenous languages of the Caucasus. New York: Caravan Books.
  • Kibrik, Aleksandr E. (1998). The Handbook of Morphology. Blackwell Publishers.
  • Kibrik, Aleksandr E.; Kodzasov, S. V., Olovjannikova, I. P. and Samedov, D. S. (1977). Arčinskij jazyk. Teksiy i slovari. Moscow: Izdatel'stvo moskovskogo universiteta.
  • Kibrik, Aleksandr E.; Kodzasov, S. V., Olovjannikova, I. P. and Samedov, D. S. (1977). Opyt strukturnogo opisanija arčinskogo jazyka. Tom 1. Leksika. Fonetika. Moscow: Izdatel'stvo moskovskogo universiteta.
  • Mikailov, K. Š. (1967). Arčinskij jazyk. Maxachkala:
  • Xajdakov, S. M. (1967). Jazyki narodov SSSR. Moscow: Nauka.

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