Karata-Tukita language

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Karata
К̄ӀирлӀе мац̄Ӏи k’ːirƛi mic’ːi
Pronunciation	[k’ːirt͡ɬi mits’ːi]
Native to	North Caucasus
Region	Southern Dagestan
Ethnicity	Karata
Native speakers	9,549 (2020 census)[1]
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Avar–Andic Andic Akhvakh–Tindi Karata–Tindi Karata
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kpt
Glottolog	kara1474
ELP	Karata
Karata
Karata is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)

Karata (кӏкӏирлӏи) is an Andic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in southern Dagestan, Russia by 9,549 Karata in 2020. There are ten towns in which the language is traditionally spoken: Karata, Anchix, Tukita, Rachabalda, Lower Inxelo, Mashtada, Archo, Chabakovo, Racitl, and formerly Siux.^[2] Speakers use Avar as their literary language.^[3]

The language has two dialects, Karata and Tukita, which slightly differ in phonetics and morphology but are mutually intelligible.^[4] Tukita is sometimes considered a separate language, on the basis of lexicostatistics.^[5][6] There are also four subdialects; Anchikh, Archi, Ratsitl and Rachabalda, named after their respective villages.^[4]

Karata has 45 consonants.^[7]

• The glottal stop transcribed here is named rather ambiguously a "glottalic laryngeal" by the source.

Karata has 18 vowels.^[7]