The Kaitag language, casually spoken | Magomed speaking Kaitag | Wikitongues

The Kaitag language is one of the Dargin languages of Dagestan, a republic of Russia. Spoken collectively by nearly 500,000 people, the Dargin languages constitute a branch of the Northeast Caucasian linguistic family. Specifically, Kaitag is most closely related to the Dargwa language, which is co-official in Dagestan alongside Russian, and several others: Aghul, Avar, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Kumyk, Lezgin, Lak, Nogai, Rutul, Tabasaran, Tat, and Tsakhur. This video was self-recorded by Magomed in Russia and is published under a CC0 mark. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Transcript and translation:

Ассаламу аӏлайкум, ахӏ баре дигьвав. Дам Махӏамад бикӏвар. Ду Хайдакьан кувла вагь де. Хайдакь санала Дагъистанцци ххаӏр це. Гьелин чехъа дубурте, багӏу дуццурбе, хъаӏчӏа эркӏра — сукке ди. Ччакква мусса це. Ниссала маӏкьи имцӏал дикӏар кувнера ди. Масала: шилан, къумукъ, уӏгъбуган, агъул. Цӏил, уӏгъбуганццил, цӏудахъаранццил, ахъушанццил — чумил зуме дурсидел — ниххьва сукке дарккван кувнала кьяли аргулда.

Гьана Аӏрусайцци белучӏутти гьурсул ви де. Дахъил баркьуттий урсси вигьвав де, хвала баргьура гьеж муссал дам деччив. Ахъанайте ахъарара дам чидичив. Гьежтти швел дегур дусли ду цӏакьле варццухур. На царагина дус дел. Цаникӏвалжи хъили червиргьвара хӏадурле де.

Гьеж абадцци ниссала баӏркъутти гьалакле дукьул це, урчӏе белкьванагван. Ама децӏ дегъивлехьал дура акь вигьвавле кависсун акква де. Швел дусла сар гьеж белчӏбурххацци каверххурлатин ду уркӏвухъив ви де ниссала декӏил кьаӏйдаче. Аӏссиваӏгьавле буццакьаӏ вуживле цӏикай далга кадатара дул кьастдаривле де. На Къавкъазан кувне четти гьабухъана багьнал сукке нихьхьвала уккара багьлал цангьабирццул ца.

На манзи кадигъул це чидажахара ниххьвала баӏст. Духху чев, ирххе акквар, заманалий улбетул шикьвикӏван — четти виргьвар.

Гьежтти ца дила дурсанте. Арганте чидаганда.

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Greetings, good day. My name is Magomed. I'm speaker of Kaitag language. Kaitag is a reading in the southern Dagestan. There we have everything: high mountains, dense forests, a quick river. It's a beautiful place. Also we have many other languages around us. For example, Tabasaran, Kumyk, Kubachi, Aghul. Then, together with Kubachi, Tsudaqar, Aqusha we form Dargic language branch.

Now I'm getting education in Russia. I've learned many skills, and this place gave me big knowledge. And also I've been though quite a lot. These 5 passed years made me very tired. One more year is left. I'm ready to get back home soon, with God's help.

These times our culture is disappearing quickly, to huge sorrow. But despite this tragedy I'm not lying at rest. 5 years ago after coming to this university I've became aware of our difficult situation. With anger, being an engineer, I've set the goal to build modern tools. Today all of our people come together to elevate Caucasian langauges.

The time comes to show our stand. Wise, fearless, acting in correspondence to the time — will win.

This is what I had to say. We will see what's coming.

[Istoria-Movy]

Caucasus is a real treasury of all these unique languages! Thanks!!!

interesting and beautiful language.
It's always a pleasure to hear from you-wikitounges. you are doing something great.

[Flammenhagel]

i keep coming back to this, the kaitag language really is one of the most precious gifts history has left us with

[theresenydahl]

Fascinating. Sometimes it sounds as Finnish and then it's that click sound like in Xhlosa

[amstabomitdembabo]

very interesting. Just a suggestion but it would be great to see more conversations on this channel. Just two persons talking about whatever.

[Hun_Uinaq]

Very interesting ejective consonants. I’m not used to hearing very many of them outside of the Maya language family. This is very definitely not of that family though.

[M.B.M.]

Кайтагский Диалект Даргинского языка интресный

[verstanden]

it was one of the dialects of the Dargin language. Assalamyalekym nyra ghaikysira dargan medzichiv. aradesh !)

[Engineering]

im caucasian, my parents didnt teach me :( but its sounds like persian!!!

[darginskii_narod]

Ниссала говорят Кубачинцы, а Кайтагцы говорят нищщала. Это новый лингва - франка язык?

[joaoweimar]

Very interesting language, it seems he makes some clicks in the back of his mouth

[eduardoo]

loving these ejective consonants hahaha

[igorjee]

I expected rich consonants from a Caucasian language, go them. No complaints.

[the_linguist_ll]

You should ask Bianca Orqueda if they want to speak Nivaclé. They sing in Nivaclé here on Youtube.

[dargone]

Hello . I am Muhen ( Dargwa ) and i am tell you comment reader what this interesting song. What is this letter " кӀ " how do you hear from this speaker.
We Dagestaninan nations have a double letters .
And you make is pronounce for him.you need is pronounce if do pronounce quickly "K" twice.
Kk kk kk kk
We dargva have
JJ - жӀ
Kk - кӀ
Chch- чӀ
Çç - цӀ
Tt - тӀ
Hg - хӀ
Gr - Гъ ( how a france R)
Uu - гӀ
Zz - зӀ
And more letters

[KubachiTV]

Арал вати МухIаммад. ГIяхсзиб гIяче бикьулде удиль. ГIугъбуган гъайляя чикабг!яхъиля видео Аллагь гьикьала ухале./Translation of "Health to you, Magomed. You are doing a great job for your language. God willing, I will also shoot a video in the Kubachi language."

[РайсатЗаирбековна]

Можно узнать с какого села вы ? Сама с Кайтага, но не поняла всю суть разговора.

[satanshameer]

Is this closely related to Avar and Chechen?

[Магомед-де]

Это очень красивый язык кайдагский язык диалект ирч/амулский.

[Ethan-qorx]

Wearing his chapak hat indoors? The people there are one of a kind, that's for sure...