North Dargwa language

North Dargwa
дарган мез (literary Dargwa)
Native toRussia
RegionDagestan
EthnicityDargwa people
Native speakers
133,000 in traditional areas (2010)
Northeast Caucasian
  • Dargin
    • North-Central
      • North Dargwa
Standard forms
Dialects
Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-2dar (literary Dargwa only)
ISO 639-3dar (literary Dargwa only)
Glottolognucl1774  Nuclear North Dargwa
  North Dargwa

North Dargwa is a Dargin language, sometimes referred to as a language family, spoken by over 133,000 people in south-central Dagestan. The standard written variety of the language is based on the Aqusha and Urakhi dialects of it, and is not mutually intelligible with other varieties. For further information, see Dargwa language.