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The Akhvakh language belongs to the Andi subgroup of the Avar-Ando-Dido or northwestern group of the Dagestan languages and is divided into two dialects: North-Akhvakh and South-Akhvakh. The first is homogeneous, while the latter is further divided into the Tlyanub and Tsegob subdialects. The difference between the South-Avar and North-Avar is rather considerable and users of the two dialects prefer communicating in the Avar language. (The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire, 2008)

ALSO KNOWN AS		Axvax, Ашвaлъи мицIи, авахский язык, Akhwakh
CLASSIFICATION		Northeast Caucasian, Daghestanian, Andic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		akv
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Kaxib
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Information from: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~5,000
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
Many

TRANSMISSION

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There may be up to 5,000 speakers, including many children, but because of the small size of the community and the dominant position of Avar, the language must be regarded as definitely endangered.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Avar

More on Orthography

There is no literacy in it.

PLACES: Caucasia: western Daghestan

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in six villages in Akhvakh County and in the villages of Ratlub, Tlyanub and Tsegob in Kakhib County in the Republic of Daghestan in the Russian Federation, as well as in the expatriate community of Akhvakh-dere in Kuba (Quba) County in Azerbaijan.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,793
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,500
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Koryakov (2006).

PLACES: Russia;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,500
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

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

DATE OF INFO: 1967

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

	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		5,793		1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					42.472,46.3238
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	5,000	1967	1000-9999		schools	Avar, Russian	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		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			Avar	Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	There may be up to 5,000 speakers, including many children, but because of the small size of the community and the dominant position of Avar, the language must be regarded as definitely endangered.	Caucasia: western Daghestan	Spoken in six villages in Akhvakh County and in the villages of Ratlub, Tlyanub and Tsegob in Kakhib County in the Republic of Daghestan in the Russian Federation, as well as in the expatriate community of Akhvakh-dere in Kuba (Quba) County in Azerbaijan.
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			3,500		1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	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		6,500		1000-9999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from Koryakov (2006).			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Russia;

Akhvakh

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Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,793

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000

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Akhvakh

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,793

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000

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