Chirag language
| Chirag | |
|---|---|
| хьаргънилла, xarʁnilla kub хьугъул мец, ĥuġul | |
| Pronunciation | [xarʁnilla kub] [xuʁul] |
| Native to | North Caucasus |
| Region | Agulsky District, Dagestan |
| Ethnicity | 2,300 Chirag Dargins (2019–2024) |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2021) |
Northeast Caucasian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | chir1284 |
Chirag | |
Chirag (Chirag: хьаргънилла, xarʁnilla kub) is a language in the Dargin dialect continuum spoken in Dagestan, Russia. It is spoken around the village of Chirag, but some speakers have moved to Kaspiysk. Chirag is often considered a divergent dialect of Dargwa, despite not being mutually intelligible with literary Dargwa. Ethnologue lists it under the dialects of Dargwa but recognizes that it may be a separate language.