Archi language

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Archi
Spoken in:	Archi, Dagestan, Russia
Total speakers:	1,000
Language family:	North-East Caucasian Lezgian Archi
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`cau`
ISO 639-3:	`aqc`
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

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.

1 Alphabet
2 Phonology
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] Phonology

**Consonant phonemes of Archi**^{[citation needed]}
		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
Affricate	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
Approximant	Lateral		l

[edit] References

Dirr, A. M. (1908). "Arčinskij jazyk", Sbornik materialov dlja opisanija mestnostej i plemen Kavkaza. (Russian)
Kaxadze, O. I. (1979). The Archi language and its relation to other Daghestan languages. Tbilisi: Mecniereba. (Georgian)
Kibrik, Aleksandr E. (1972). "O formal'nom vydelenii soglasovatel'nyx klassov v arčinskom jazyke". Voprosy jazykoznanija 1: 124–31. (Russian)
Kibrik, Aleksandr E. (1977). Taksonomičeskaja grammatika, vol. 2 of Opyt strukturnogo opisanija arčinskogo jazyka, Moscow: Izdatel'stvo moskovskogo universiteta. (Russian)
Kibrik, Aleksandr E. (1977). Dinamičeskaja grammatika, vol. 3 of Opyt strukturnogo opisanija arčinskogo jazyka, Moscow: Izdatel'stvo moskovskogo universiteta. (Russian)
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Mikailov, K. Š. (1967). Arčinskij jazyk. (Russian)
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