Tsakhur language

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• Northeast Caucasian languages Lesgische languages Tsachurisch

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Tsachurisch (proper name: цIаIхна миз [ tsaʕχna miz ] ) is a ( Northeast Caucasian ) nachisch - Dagestani language and belongs to the subgroup of lesgischen languages.

It is spoken by about 13,000 people in Azerbaijan and from approximately 7,000 in the autonomous republic of Dagestan (Russian Federation).

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In the thirties, a short-lived experiment was started with its own written language in Azerbaijan. Recently, the Tsachurische is re-used as a written language, in Russia the Cyrillic alphabet is used to Verschriftung. Since 1995, the newspaper appears in Dagestan Only in tsachurischer language.

Linguistic situation

In Azerbaijan, the Tsachuren use in place of their actual mother tongue and the Azerbaijani. The Tsachuren in Dagestan are mostly multilingual and use as literary languages ​​Avar, Azeri or Russian.

The tsachurische language is in danger of extinction because they are under strong pressure to assimilate on the part of Azerbaijan and Russian.

Linguistic characteristics

The tsachurische sound system is rich in vowels and consonants. Tsachurisch is a Ergativsprache and has four noun classes and 18 case. The language shows the phenomenon of Suffixaufnahme. On verb number, tense and mode are highlighted.

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Эфирылхъа цIаIхна миз хъигъивчIу

ЦIаIхни миллетни ( йихъбишди ) тарихей лайикьукана иш вухьа: апрельни санчил 2002 ъэсди сен Республика Дагъыстанни Радиое цIаIхни мизел радиостудие ачмишхьа. Мана миллет гьивааджсди мей, ед'на миз гьивааджесди мей, меденийят инкишаф гьаъасди мей, халкьын до ахты хъаъасди мей, гейб хебна ишобна. [ ... ]