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Karata belongs to the Andi subgroup of the northwest Dagestan languages (the Avar-Ando-Dido languages) in the Caucasian language family. Two dialects (Karata, Tokita) and four subdialects (Anchikh, Archi, Ratsitl and Rachabalda) are distinguishable. The Karata and Tokita dialects differ both in regard to phonetics and morphology, but they are mutually comprehensible. (The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire)

ALSO KNOWN AS		Karatai, каратинский язык, კარატაული ენა, Karatin, КIкIирлIи мацIцIи, Kirdi
CLASSIFICATION		Northeast Caucasian, Daghestanian, Andic
ORTHOGRAPHY		none
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kpt
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Anchix Tokita
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Information from: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide

Scripts (Writing system): none

PLACES: western Daghestan

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Ethnic population
5,000

DATE OF INFO: 1967

DOMAINS OF USE
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): none

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The Karatas inhabit ten villages in the Akhvakh and Khazavyurt districts of Dagestan. Nine of them lie on the left bank of the Andi-Koisu river: Karata, Rachabalda, Archo, Anchikh, Mashtada, Tshabakoro, Ratsitl and Tokita. The only Karata village located in the Khazavyurt district is Siukh. Their neighbours to the east and north are the Andis, to the west the Avars, and to the south the Akhvakhs and Bagulals.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
6,400
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
5,000 (1990). Ethnic population: 5,000 (1990 A. Kibrik) or 6,400 (Koryakov 2006)

PLACES: Russia;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,574
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide

		2007	Europe and North Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	211-282	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			Tapani Salminen	Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD		5,000		1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		western Daghestan
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.													42.5833333333,46.3333333333
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	6,400	5,000		1000-9999	5,000 (1990). Ethnic population: 5,000 (1990 A. Kibrik) or 6,400 (Koryakov 2006)			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Russia;
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		6,574		1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				42.5874,46.3348
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			5,000		1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
9985-936922		1993	The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire			Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits			http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook		"The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire." edited by Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits. Online: http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook.		5,000		1967			Everyday life, social interactions, schools,social-political terminology	Avar, Russian	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13		The Karatas inhabit ten villages in the Akhvakh and Khazavyurt districts of Dagestan. Nine of them lie on the left bank of the Andi-Koisu river: Karata, Rachabalda, Archo, Anchikh, Mashtada, Tshabakoro, Ratsitl and Tokita. The only Karata village located in the Khazavyurt district is Siukh. Their neighbours to the east and north are the Andis, to the west the Avars, and to the south the Akhvakhs and Bagulals.

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,574

Threatened

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5,000

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Karata

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,574

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5,000

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