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| Aghul | |
|---|---|
| агъул чӀалağul ç̇al | |
| Native to | North Caucasus, also spoken inAzerbaijan |
| Region | SoutheasternDagestan |
| Ethnicity | Aghuls |
Native speakers | 33,182 (2020 census)[1] |
| Cyrillic | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Russia |
| Regulated by | Gamzata Tsadasa Institute of Language, Literature and Art [ru] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | agx |
| Glottolog | aghu1260 Aghulicaghu1253 |
| ELP | Aghul |
 Aghul | |
 Agul is classified as Definitely Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010) | |
Aghul is aLezgic language spoken by theAghuls in southernDagestan,Russia and inAzerbaijan. It is spoken by about 33,200[1] people (2020 census).
Aghul belongs to the Eastern Samur group of theLezgic branch of theNortheast Caucasian language family.
In 2002, Aghul was spoken by 28,300 people in Russia, mainly in Southern Dagestan, as well as 32 people in Azerbaijan.[2]
There are nine languages in the Lezgian language family, namely: Aghul,Tabasaran,Rutul,Lezgian,Tsakhur,Budukh,Kryts,Udi andArchi.
Aghul has contrastiveepiglottal consonants.[3]Aghul makes, like many Northeast Caucasian languages, a distinction between tense consonants with concomitant length and weak consonants. The tense consonants are characterized by the intensiveness (tension) of articulation, which naturally leads to a lengthening of the consonant, so they are traditionally transcribed with the length diacritic. The gemination of the consonant itself does not create its tension, but morphologically tense consonants often derive from adjoining two single weak consonants. Some[which?] Aghul dialects have a large number[vague] of permitted initial tense consonants.[3]
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɯ | u | |
| Mid | e | |||
| Open | a | |||
The Aghul alphabet was devised in the 1990s. Ever since then, it has been used as a language of education, with primers, textbooks, and dictionaries published.[6]
| А а | Б б | В в | Г г | Гъ гъ | Гь гь | Гӏ гӏ | Д д |
| Дж дж | Е е | Ё ё | Ж ж | З з | И и | Й й | К к |
| Кк кк | Къ къ | Кь кь | Кӏ кӏ | Л л | М м | Н н | О о |
| П п | Пп пп | Пӏ пӏ | Р р | С с | Т т | Тт тт | Тӏ тӏ |
| У у | Уь уь | Ф ф | Х х | Хъ хъ | Хь хь | Хӏ хӏ | Ц ц |
| Цӏ цӏ | Ч ч | Чч чч | Чӏ чӏ | Ш ш | Щ щ | ъ | ӏ |
| ы | ь | Э э | Ю ю | Я я |
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There are four core cases: absolutive, ergative, genitive, and dative, as well as a large series of location cases. All cases other than the absolutive (which is unmarked) and ergative take the ergative suffix before their own suffix.
Independent and predicative adjectives take number marker andclass marker; also, case if used as nominal. As attribute they are invariable. Thusidžed "good", ergative,idžedi, etc.-n, -s; pl.idžedar; butIdže insandi hhuč qini "The good man killed the wolf" (subject inergative case).
| Aghul | Tokip | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| 1 | zun | čin (ex), xin (in) | či (ex), xi (in) | či, xi |
| 2 | wun | čun | čun | ču |
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Іисайи
ˡisaji
пуная
punaja
гебурис:
geburis:
–
–
ДуьгІе
Du’gˡe
акье
ak’e
миштти:
mištti:
«Дад,
"Dad,
Ве
Ve
ттур
ttur
гирами
girami
хьурай;
x’uraj;
Ве
Ve
Паччагьвел
Paččag’vel
адирай.
adiraj.
ТІалаб
Tˡalab
аркьая
ark’aja
чин
čin
Вакес
Vakes
гьер
g’er
ягьас
jag’as
гуни.
guni.
Гъил
G″il
гьушен
g’ušen
че
če
гунагьарилас,
gunag’arilas,
чинна
činna
гьил
g’il
гьуршанду
g’uršandu
кІилди
kˡildi
час
čas
Іайвелар
ˡajvelar
аркьаттарилас.
ark’attarilas.
ХІа
Xˡa
темехІера
temexˡera
хьас
x’as
амарта
amarta
час».
čas."
Іисайи пуная гебурис: – ДуьгІе акье миштти: «Дад, Ве ттур гирами хьурай; Ве Паччагьвел адирай. ТІалаб аркьая чин Вакес гьер ягьас гуни. Гъил гьушен че гунагьарилас, чинна гьил гьуршанду кІилди час Іайвелар аркьаттарилас. ХІа темехІера хьас амарта час».
ˡisaji punaja geburis: – Du’gˡe ak’e mištti: "Dad, Ve ttur girami x’uraj; Ve Paččag’vel adiraj. Tˡalab ark’aja čin Vakes g’er jag’as guni. G″il g’ušen če gunag’arilas, činna g’il g’uršandu kˡildi čas ˡajvelar ark’attarilas. Xˡa temexˡera x’as amarta čas."
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.[9]
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