Dargin languages

The Dargin languages are classified as follows by Koryakov 2021: Dargin languages • North Dargwa • Aqusha/North Dargwa • Aqusha proper • Urakhi • Mekegi • Gubden • Murego • Kadar • Mugi • Muira • Gapshima • Mehweb • Southern Dargwa • Sirkhya-Tsudaqar • Tsudaqar • Usisha • Butri • Tanti • Sirhwa • Khuduts • Amuq • Kunki • Sanzhi • Itsari • Amuzgi-Shiri • other dialects • Kubachi • Kubachi proper • Ashti • Kaitag • Upper Kaitag • Lower Kaitag • Shari • Chakhrizhi-Sanakari • Chirag Glottolog uses a different classification, based on Koryakov 2012. Dargwic • Chirag • Kubachi • North-Central Dargwa • Megeb • North Dargwa • Cudaxar • Gapshin-Butrin • Kadarskij • Muirin • Dejbuk • Xarbuk • Nuclear North Dargwa • Aqusha-Uraxi • Akusha • Uraxa • Mugin • Murego-Gubden • Upper Mulebki • South Dargwa • Kajtak • Southwestern Dargwa • Amuzgu-Shiri • Sanzhi-Icari • Icari • Sanzhi • Sirhwa-Tanty • Upper-Vurqri • Amux • Khuduts • Qunqi == Phonology ==

The following chart is a collective phoneme inventory of all Dargin languages. • Present in the literary standard of Dargwa, but not some other dialects. • Present in some dialects, but not the literary standard. The source is rather ambiguous in its using the term "laryngeal" for a presumed column of consonants that includes both a "voiced" and a "glottalized" plosive. A voiced glottal plosive cannot be made, because the glottis needs to be closed, and an ejective consonant requires an additional closure further up the vocal tract. Pending clarification, this row has been transcribed here as an epiglottal column and a glottal stop, both found in many other East Caucasian languages. == References ==