Botlikh (буйхалъи мицІцІи)

Botlikh is a member of the Avar-Andic branch of Northeast Caucasian languages spoken in the villages of Botlikh (Ботлих), Miarso (Миарсо) and Ashino (Ашино) in the Botlikh region of western Dagestan in the southwest of the Russian Federation. According to the 2010 census, 206 people speak Botlikh, however it is thought that the number of speakers is actually about 8,000.

There are two main dialects: Botlikh and Miarso, which differ somewhat in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar, however are mutually intelligible. It contains words borrowed from Arabic, Russian and Avar, and also some Turkish and Persian words, which probably came via Aver.

Botlikh is being passed on to children and is used in everyday communication, although not in the media or in education. It is rarely written and speakers of Botlikh generally use Avar or Russian as a literary language and in school. Some Botlikh families are shifting to Russian and the language is considered threatened.

Botlikh alphabet and pronunciation

Botlikh alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Botlikh (Excel)

Details provided by Wolfram Siegel and Samira Verhees.

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Links

Information about Botlikh language and people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botlikh_language
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ботлихский_язык
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/bph
http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/botlikhs.shtml
https://minlang.iling-ran.ru/lang/botlikhskiy-yazyk
https://github.com/sverhees/site/blob/master/papers/botlikhgrammar_draft.pdf

Northeast Caucasian languages

Aghul, Akhvakh, Andi, Archi, Avar, Bagvalal, Batsbi, Bezhta, Botlikh, Budukh, Caucasian Albanian, Chamalal, Chechen, Dargwa, Godoberi, Hinukh, Hunzib, Ingush, Kaitag, Karata, Khinalug, Khwarshi, Kryts, Kubachi, Lak, Lezgian, Rutul, Tabassaran, Tindi, Tsakhur, Tsez, Udi

Languages written with the Cyrillic alphabet

Abaza, Abkhaz, Adyghe, Aghul, Akhvakh, Akkala Sámi, Aleut, Altay, Alyutor, Andi, Archi, Assyrian / Neo-Assyrian, Avar, Azeri, Bagvalal, Balkar, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bezhta, Bosnian, Botlikh, Budukh, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chamalal, Chechen, Chelkan, Chukchi, Chulym, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Dargwa, Daur, Dolgan, Dungan, Enets, Erzya, Even, Evenki, Gagauz, Godoberi, Hinukh, Hunzib, Ingush, Interslavic, Itelmen, Juhuri, Kabardian, Kaitag, Kalderash Romani, Kalmyk, Karaim, Karakalpak, Karata, Karelian, Kazakh, Ket, Khakas, Khanty, Khinalug, Khorasani Turkic, Khwarshi, Kildin Sámi, Kili, Komi, Koryak, Krymchak, Kryts, Kubachi, Kumandy, Kumyk, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lak, Lezgi, Lingua Franca Nova, Lithuanian, Ludic, Macedonian, Mansi, Mari, Moksha, Moldovan, Mongolian, Montenegrin, Nanai, Negidal, Nenets, Nganasan, Nivkh, Nogai, Old Church Slavonic, Oroch, Orok, Ossetian, Pontic Greek, Romanian, Rushani, Russian, Rusyn, Rutul, Selkup, Serbian, Shor, Shughni, Siberian Tatar, Sirenik, Slovio, Soyot, Tabassaran, Tajik, Talysh, Tat, Tatar, Teleut, Ter Sámi, Tindi, Tofa, Tsakhur, Tsez, Turkmen, Tuvan, Ubykh, Udege, Udi, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Ulch, Urum, Uyghur, Uzbek, Veps, Votic, Wakhi, West Polesian, Xibe, Yaghnobi, Yakut, Yazghulami, Yukaghir (Northern / Tundra), Yukaghir (Southern / Kolyma), Yupik (Central Siberian)

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

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