Kubachi language

Kubachi
Kubachin
гӀюгъбугъан куб/гъай
Pronunciation[ʡūˁʁbugan kub/ʁaj]
Native toNorth Caucasus
RegionDagestan
Native speakers
7,000 (2020)
Northeast Caucasian
  • Dargin
    • Southern
      • Ashti-Kubachi
        • Kubachi
Cyrillic script
Language codes
ISO 639-3ugh
Glottologkuba1248
  Kubachi

Kubachi (alternatively Kubachin) is a language in the Dargin dialect continuum spoken in Dagestan, Russia, by Kubachi people. It is often considered a divergent dialect of Dargwa, but it has also historically been portrayed as a separate language. Ethnologue lists it as a separate language.