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

Karata (кӏкӏирлӏи) is anAndic language of theNortheast Caucasian language family spoken in southernDagestan,Russia by 9,549Karata in 2020. There are ten towns in which the language is traditionally spoken:Karata,Anchix,Tukita,Rachabalda,Lower Inxelo,Mashtada,Archo,Chabakovo,Racitl, and formerlySiux.^[2] Speakers useAvar as their literary language.^[3]

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

Karata has 45 consonants.^[7]

• Theglottal stop transcribed here is named rather ambiguously a "glottaliclaryngeal" by the source.

Karata has 18 vowels.^[7]

• Northeast Caucasian languages
• Andic languages
• Endangered Caucasian languages

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