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Native Speakers Worldwide

~300

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~300

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Western Daghestan

Coordinates

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Location description

Village of Khvarshi in Tsumada County.

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

none

Other writing systems

Village of Khvarshi in Tsumada County.

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Other languages used

Avar

Domains of other languages

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

8500

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More about speakers

"According to the last population census from 2002, there are 128 Khwarshi speakers. Such small numbers are due to the fact that most Khwarshi speakers have registered themselves as Avar speakers." "However, according to our estimated data and according to the rural administrations for 2009, the number of Khwarshi speakers is more than 8500. The following estimates have been made: 1500 Khwarshi speakers live in mountainous areas in the Tsumada district, with 140 in Upper Inkhokwari, 330 in Lower Inkhokwari, 100 in Kwantlada, 270 in Santlada, 360 in Khonokh, 110 in Khwayni, and 220 in Khwarshi. In the lowland part of Daghestan there are more than 7000 Khwarshi speakers in the following settlements: in Oktyabrskoe there are 1590 Inkhokwari speakers and 730 Kwantlada speakers; in Pervomayskoe there are 1200 Santlada speakers; in Mutsalaul there are more than 2000 speakers of Khwarshi Proper; in Komsomolskoe there are 500 Khwarshi Proper, and 300 Khwayni speakers; in Kizilyurt there are 100Khwarshi Proper, and 500 Inkhokwari speakers; in Kizlyar and the Kizlyar districts there are 100 Inkhokwari and 70 Kwantlada speakers."

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Dagestan (Daghestan)

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

unwritten

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Other languages used

Russian; Avar;

Domains of other languages

Government, school, media, cultural

More on context

"Khwarshi is a non-written language. Within the community Khwarshi is used on a day-to-day basis and in almost every domain of communication. In addition, most Khwarshi people (except for children of pre-school age) are proficient in Avar and Russian, used mainly for external communication. Khwarshi is not studied at school, nor is it the language of teaching. Instead, Russian is taught as the first language in school and is also the language of instruction. Avar is usually taught as a second language. The languages of mass media are Avar and Russian." "Avar is a lingua franca between all people of the Avar-Andi-Tsezic group. As mentioned, Avar is used at the political, cultural, and educational levels.!

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,500

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

42.3417,46.1212

Location description

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,870

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

500

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

1,870 (2002 Census). Ethnic population: 500 (1990 A. E. Kibrik)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Russia;

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Location description

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Speaker Number Trends

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Ethnic Population

>1,000

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

1993

Location and Context

Countries

Dagestan

Coordinates

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Location description

The Khvarshis live in villages in the eastern region of mountainous Dagestan on the right bank of the upper reaches of the River Andi-Koisu. Administratively, these five villages (Khvarshi, Inhokari, Kvantlyada, Santlyada and Khvainy) belong to the Khvarshi and Inhokari village Soviets in the Tsumada district in Dagestan.

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Script (Writing system)

none

Other writing systems

The Khvarshis live in villages in the eastern region of mountainous Dagestan on the right bank of the upper reaches of the River Andi-Koisu. Administratively, these five villages (Khvarshi, Inhokari, Kvantlyada, Santlyada and Khvainy) belong to the Khvarshi and Inhokari village Soviets in the Tsumada district in Dagestan.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Avar, Russian

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

Avar has become the common language for communication and the mother tongue has been reduced to home usage within the Khvarshi community.

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

42.25,46.1666666667

Location description

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Native Speakers Worldwide

500

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