- Archi language
Infobox Language
name=Archi
region=Archi,Dagestan ,Russia
speakers=1,000
familycolor=Caucasian
fam1=North-East Caucasian
fam2=Lezgian
iso2=cau
iso3=aqcArchi is a Caucasian language spoken by the 1,000 Archis in the village of Archi, southern
Dagestan ,Russia . It contrasts avoiceless 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 theAvar 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
Phonology
References
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*cite book |last=Kibrik |first=Aleksandr E. |year=1977 |title=Dinamičeskaja grammatika |others=vol. 3 of "Opyt strukturnogo opisanija arčinskogo jazyka" |location=Moscow |publisher=Izdatel'stvo moskovskogo universiteta ru icon
*cite book |last=Kibrik |first=Aleksandr E. |year=1993 |chapter=Archi |editor=R. Smeets |title=Indigenous languages of the Caucasus |others=vol. 3 |publisher=Caravan Books |location=New York |pages=297–365 en icon
*cite book |last=Kibrik |first=Aleksandr E. |year=1998 |chapter=Archi |editor=Andrew Spencer and Arnold M. Zwicky |title=The Handbook of Morphology |publisher=Blackwell Publishers |pages=455–476 en icon
*cite book |last=Kibrik |first=Aleksandr E. |coauthors=Kodzasov, S. V., Olovjannikova, I. P. and Samedov, D. S. |year=1977 |title=Arčinskij jazyk. Teksiy i slovari |publisher=Izdatel'stvo moskovskogo universiteta |location=Moscow ru icon
*cite book |last=Kibrik |first=Aleksandr E. |coauthors=Kodzasov, S. V., Olovjannikova, I. P. and Samedov, D. S. |year=1977 |title=Opyt strukturnogo opisanija arčinskogo jazyka. Tom 1. Leksika. Fonetika |publisher=Izdatel'stvo moskovskogo universiteta |location=Moscow ru icon
*cite book |last=Mikailov |first=K. Š. |year=1967 |title=Arčinskij jazyk |location=Maxachkala ru icon
*cite book |last=Xajdakov |first=S. M. |year=1967 |chapter=Arčinskij jazyk |title=Jazyki narodov SSSR |others=vol. 4 |publisher=Nauka |location=Moscow ru iconExternal links
* [http://www.smg.surrey.ac.uk/Archi/Linguists/index.aspx Archi-Russian-English dictionary]
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