Karata language

Karata
КIкIирлIи мацIцIи
Region	Southern Dagestan
Ethnicity	Karata
Native speakers	260 (2010 census)
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Avar–Andic Andic Akhvakh–Tindi Karata–Tindi Karata
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kpt
Glottolog	kara1474

Karata is an Andic language of the Northeast Caucasian language family spoken in southern Dagestan, Russia by 260 Karata in 2010. It has two dialects, Karatin and Tokitin, which are quite different. Speakers use Avar as their literary language.

There are ten towns in which the language is traditionally spoken: Karata, Anchix, Tukita, Rachabalda, Lower Inxelo, Mashtada, Archo, Chabakovo, Racitl, and formerly Siux.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes of Karata

		Labial	Dental		Alveolar				Palatal	Velar		Uvular		Pharyn- geal	Glottal
					central		lateral
			lenis	fortis	lenis	fortis	lenis	fortis		lenis	fortis	lenis	fortis
Nasal		m	n
Plosive	voiced	b	d							ɡ
	voiceless	p	t							k					ʔ
	ejective	(pʼ)	tʼ							kʼ
Affricate	voiced				(d͡ʒ)
	voiceless		t͡s	t͡sː	t͡ʃ	t͡ʃː		t͡ɬː			k͡xː		q͡χː
	ejective		t͡sʼ	t͡sːʼ	t͡ʃʼ	t͡ʃːʼ	t͡ɬː	t͡ɬːʼ			k͡xːʼ		q͡χːʼ
Fricative	voiceless		s	sː	ʃ	ʃː	ɬ	ɬː	ç	x	xː			ʜ	h
	voiced	v	z		ʒ					ɣ				ʢ
Trill					r
Approximant							l		j

• The glottal stop transcribed here is named rather ambiguously a "glottalic laryngeal" by the source.