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Khwarshi (also spelled Xvarshi, Khvarshi) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in the Tsumadinsky-, Kizilyurtovsky- and
Khasavyurtovsky districts of Dagestan by the Khwarshi people. The exact number of speakers is not known, but the linguist
Zaira Khalilova, who has carried out fieldwork in the period from 2005 to 2009, gives the figure 8,500. Other sources give
much lower figures, such as Ethnologue with the figure 1,870 and the latest population census of Russia with the figure 1,872.
The low figures are because many Khwarshi have registered themselves as being Avar speakers, which is also considered their
literary language. There are six dialects of the Khwarshi language based on their geographical distribution. The dialects
are: Upper- and Lower Inkhokwari Khwarshi, Kwantlada Khwarshi, Santlada Khwarshi, Khwayni Khwarshi and Khwarshi Proper, originating
in their respective villages in the Tsumadinsky district. Due to emigration, see the Khwarshi people and their history, Kwantlada
Khwarshi-, Upper- and Lower Inkhokwari Khwarshi-speaking communities also exist in Oktyabrskoe, Santlada Khwarshi-speaking
communities exist in Pervomayskoe and Khwarshi Proper-speaking communities exist in Mutsalaul. |
Names (more)[br] C'hvarcheg[en] Khvarshi [fi] Hvaršin kieli [fr] Khvarshi [ka] ხვარშიული ენა [mk] Хваршиски јазик [pl] Język chwarszyjski [ru] Хваршинский язык [uk] Хваршинська мова |
Language type : Living
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