Karata-Tukita language

Karata (кӏкӏирлӏи) is an Andic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in southern Dagestan, Russia by 260 Karata in 2010. 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.^[1]

Karata
кӏкӏирлӏи
Native to	North Caucasus
Region	Southern Dagestan
Ethnicity	Karata
Native speakers	260 (2010 census)^[1]
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Avar–Andic Andic Akhvakh–Tindi Karata–Tindi Karata
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kpt
Glottolog	kara1474
ELP	Karata

Dialects

The language has two dialects, Karatin and Tokitin, which slightly differ in phonetics and morphology but are mutually intelligible.^[3] There are also four subdialects; Anchikh, Archi, Ratsitl and Rachabalda.^[3]

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes of Karata^[4]

		Labial	Dental		Alveolar				Palatal	Velar		Uvular		Pharyn- geal	Glottal
					central		lateral
			lenis	fortis	lenis	fortis	lenis	fortis		lenis	fortis	lenis	fortis
Nasal		m	n
Plosive	voiced	b	d							ɡ
	voiceless	p	t							k					ʔ
	ejective	(pʼ)	tʼ							kʼ
Affricate	voiced				(d͡ʒ)
	voiceless		t͡s	t͡sː	t͡ʃ	t͡ʃː		t͡ɬː			k͡xː		q͡χː
	ejective		t͡sʼ	t͡sːʼ	t͡ʃʼ	t͡ʃːʼ	t͡ɬʼ	t͡ɬːʼ			k͡xːʼ		q͡χːʼ
Fricative	voiceless		s	sː	ʃ	ʃː	ɬ	ɬː	ç	x	xː			ʜ	h
	voiced	v	z		ʒ					ɣ				ʢ
Trill					r
Approximant							l		j

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

Vowels

References

1. Karata at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Nichols, Johanna (2006). "Review: Karatinsko-russkij slovar' [Karata-Russian Dictionary]". Anthropological Linguistics. 48 (1): 95–98. ISSN 0003-5483.
3. "The Karatas". www.eki.ee. The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire. Retrieved 2021-06-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
4. Consonant Systems of the North-East Caucasian Languages on TITUS DIDACTICA