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Andi is a Northeast Caucasian language belonging to the Avar–Andic branch spoken by about 5,800 ethnic Andi (2010) in the Botlikh region of Dagestan. The language is spoken in the villages Andi (along the river Andi-Koisu),[3] Gunkha, Gagatl, Ashali, Rikvani, Chanko, Zilo, and Kvanxidatl.[4]

Andi
къӀаваннаб мицӀцӀи qwavannab miċċi[1]
Native to	North Caucasus
Region	Southern Dagestan
Ethnicity	11,800 Andi (2010 census)[2]
Native speakers	5,800 (2010 census)[2]
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Avar–Andic Andic Andi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ani
Glottolog	andi1255
ELP	Andi
Coordinates: 42°43′N 46°17′E

There are four main dialects, Munin, Rikvani, Kvanxidatl, and Gagatl, which appear quite divergent. However, the dialects can be said to vary between villages: the "upper-group" contains Andi, Gagatl, Rikvani, and Zilo (where Andi and Zilo are considered their own dialects), whereas the "lower-group" contains Munin and Kvanxidatl. The upper-group lacks the affricate sound кьI.[4]

Although Andi is usually non written, there are attempts to write the language using Russian Cyrillic script. Speakers generally use Avar or Russian as their literary language(s).[2]

Andi has 7 different series of localization: the meaning "inside" changes by number (singular -ла/-а, plural -хъи: гьакъу-ла 'in a home', гьакъоба-хъи 'in houses'). Number categories are expressed through ablaut (имуво воцци в-усон 'The father found the brother', but имуво воццул в-осон 'The father found the brothers'). In the village Andi, there is a difference between the speech of men and women; a man will say, for example, дин meaning 'I', мин meaning 'you', гьекIа 'person', but a woman will say ден 'I', мен 'you', гьекIва 'person'.[4]

Phonology

Andi has 43 consonants:[5]

		Labial	Dental/ alveolar		Post- alveolar/ palatal		Velar		Uvular		Pharyngeal/ Glottal
			lenis	fortis	lenis	fortis	lenis	fortis	lenis	fortis
Nasal		m	n
Plosive	voiceless	p	t				k	kː			ʔ
	voiced	b	d				ɡ
	ejective	pʼ	tʼ				kʼ	kːʼ
Affricate	voiceless		tsː		tʃ	tʃː			qχ
	voiced				dʒ
	ejective		tsʼ	tsːʼ	tʃʼ	tʃːʼ			qχʼ	qχːʼ
Fricative	voiceless		s	sː	ʃ	ʃː	x		χ	χː	h
	voiced	v	z		ʒ				ʁ		(ʕ)
Lateral	continuant		ɬ
	affricate		tɬː	tɬːʼ
Trill			r
Approximant			l		j

There are five vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/.

References

Further reading

На других языках

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[de] Andische Sprache

Die andische Sprache (Eigenbezeichnung: q’wannab micci) gehört zu der – nach ihr benannten – Untergruppe der andischen Sprachen innerhalb der nordostkaukasischen Sprachfamilie. Sie wird von ca. 10.000 Menschen im Süden der autonomen Republik Dagestan (Russische Föderation) gesprochen; die ethnische Population der Andier beträgt jedoch ca. 20.000.

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- [en] Andi language

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[fr] Andi

L'andi (en andi къIaваннаб мицци) est une langue caucasienne du groupe avaro-andi de la famille des langues nakho-daghestaniennes. L'andi, parlé par 10 000 personnes dans le rayon de Botlikh, au Daghestan, n'est pas une langue écrite. Les Andi se servent du russe et de l'avar. La langue est en constante régression, absorbée par l'avar qui est la langue de communication entre de nombreux groupes ethniques et n'est plus utilisée que dans le cadre familial. Il existe un dialecte avar teinté de mots et d'accent andi utilisé par une vingtaine de milliers d'Andi auxquels il ne reste que quelques vagues réminiscences de leur langue maternelle[réf. nécessaire].

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[ru] Андийский язык

Анди́йский язык (Гъӏваннаб мицъӏи) — язык андийцев, один из языков андийской группы. Распространён в нескольких аулах Ботлихского района Дагестана.

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