Kadar dialect

For the Dravidian language, see Kadar language.

Kadar
Гъадаран лугъат G'adaran lug'at
Pronunciation	[ʁadaran]
Native to	Russia
Region	Dagestan
Ethnicity	18,000 Kadar Dargins (2019–2024)
Native speakers	18,000 (2019–2024) 9,000 (2006)
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Dargin North-Central North Dargwa Kadar
Dialects	Kadar Karamakhi Chankurbe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	kada1294  Kadarskij
ELP
North Dargwa, with Kadar at the top left of the map

The Kadar dialect (G'adaran lug'at / Гъадаран лугъат) is a dialect of the North Dargwa language, one of the Dargin languages, which is characterized by specific phonetic, morphological, lexical and syntactic features. It is traditionally regarded as a single dialect of Dargwa. The vocabulary layer of the Kadar dialect includes words borrowed from Arabic, Persian, Russian and especially Turkic, due to contact with Kumyk.

Phonology

Kadar has 39 consonants and 5 vowels. Gemination does not occur, as in other Dargin languages, but there are labialized consonants, being [gʷ] and [kʷ].

		Labial	Dental		Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal/ Epiglottal	Glottal
			plain	sib.
Nasal		m	n
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d		d͡ʒ		ɡ	ɢ	ʡ
	voiceless	p	t	t͡s	t͡ʃ		k	q		ʔ
	ejective	pʼ	tʼ	t͡sʼ	t͡ʃʼ		kʼ	qʼ
Fricative	voiced	v	z		ʒ	(ʝ)		ʁ
	voiceless	f	s		ʃ	ç		χ	ħ	h
Sonorant			l		r	j

Morphology

Case

Kadar has fewer cases than other Dargin languages.

External links

• CLICS³ - Variety Dargwa (Kadar dialect)