Dargwa language

Dargwa
дарган мез dargan mez دارگان مەڞ
Native toNorth Caucasus
RegionDagestan
Ethnicity630,000 Dargins (2020 census)
Native speakers
590,000 (2020 census, all Dargin languages)
Cyrillic
Official status
Official language in
 Russia
Language codes
ISO 639-2dar
ISO 639-3dar (also Dargin languages)
Glottologdarg1241
sout3261
Map of all Dargin varieties

Dargwa (дарган мез, dargan mez) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Dargin people in the Russian republic Dagestan. This article discusses the literary dialect of the dialect continuum constituting the Dargin languages. It is based on the Aqusha and Urakhi dialects of Northern Dargin.