Aqusha dialect
| Aqusha | |
|---|---|
| Akusha | |
| ахъушан / ахъушала лугъат aqušan / aqušala luʁat | |
| Pronunciation | [aquʃan/aquʃala luʁat] |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Dagestan |
| Ethnicity | Aqusha Dargins |
Native speakers | 42,000 in traditional areas (2006) |
Northeast Caucasian
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Standard forms | |
| Dialects |
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| Cyrillic (Literary Dargwa only) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | dar (Litarary Dargwa only) |
| ISO 639-3 | dar (Literary Dargwa only) |
| Glottolog | akus1238 Akusha |
North Dargwa, with Aqusha at the bottom left of the section | |
Aqusha is a dialect of North Dargwa spoken by over 42,000 Dargins. It is the basis for the literary Dargwa language, along with Urakhi, as was developed in the 1930s. Speakers of Aqusha number the most among Dargwa linguistic groups.