Nor-Nakhichevan dialect
| Nor-Nakhichevan | |
|---|---|
| New-Nakhichevan, Crimean, Don, Nakhichevan-on-Don | |
| Նոր Նախիջևանի բարբառ | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Rostov-on-Don (Nakhichevan-on-Don) |
| Ethnicity | Don Armenians |
Native speakers | 13,154 (2010) |
| Armenian alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (included in Western Armenian [hyw]) |
| Glottolog | crim1254 |
Ethnic map of Myasnikovsky District of the Rostov Oblast according to the 2010 census. | |
Nor-Nakhichevan Armenian or Don Armenian is a dialect of Western Armenian that is spoken by residents in the southwest of the Rostov Oblast, in the Myasnikovsky District and in Rostov-on-Don itself.
The dialect is divided into two forms - the main dialect and the subdialect. Speakers of the main form represent the majority of the general speakers of the Nor-Nakhichevan dialect and live in Nakhichevan-on-Don, in the villages of Bolshiye Saly, Sultan Saly and Nesvetai. Speakers of the subdialect form live compactly in the villages of Chaltyr and Krym.