Urakhi
Qaba, Khyurkili
хӀурхъила лугъат къаьба
Pronunciation	[ħuˁrqilaluʁat] [ɢæβa]
Native to	Russia
Region	Dagestan
Ethnicity	UrakhiDargins
Native speakers	35,000 in traditional areas (2002)
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Dargin North-Central North Dargwa Urakhi
Standard forms	Literary Dargwa
Writing system	Cyrillic (Uslar)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	urax1238
North Dargwa, with Urakhi at the lower right of the section

Urakhi (alsoKhyurkili)^[1] is a dialect ofNorth Dargwa spoken by around 35,000 people^[2] inSergokalinsky District, the northern portions ofAkushinsky District and in the villages ofGerga andKrasnopartizansk [ru] inKayakentsky District. Along with theAqusha dialect, it formed the basis for theliterary Dargwa language.

Urakhi does not havevowel length orconsonant gemination, in contrast with other varieties. The affricates[d͡ʒ] and[d͡z] are also preserved, in contrast withTsudaqar and related varieties. The system of phonemicfortis and lenis has been lost, in accordance with the related Aqusha dialect, replaced by the correspondingvoiced consonants.^[3]

Urakhi was one of the bases for theliterary Dargwa language, along with Aqusha.Peter von Uslar created an orthography for Urakhi in 1892 in his grammar.^[1]

а	ӕ	в	ԝ	г	ӷ	гᷱ	д
е	ж	ђ	з	ӡ	һ
і	ј	к	қ		кᷱ	л	м
н	о	п	ԥ	ԛ		р	с
т	ҭ	у	х	ц		ч
ш

• Urakhi phrasebook and dictionary

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• Culture of Dagestan

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