Kubachi language


Kubachi is a language in the Dargin dialect continuum spoken in Dagestan, Russia, by Kubachi people. It is often considered a divergent dialect of Dargwa, but it has also historically been portrayed as a separate language. Ethnologue lists it as a separate language.

Phonology

Consonants

The glottal stop transcribed here is named rather ambiguously a "glottalic laryngeal" by both sources.
The original Dargwic phoneme in Kubachi has become or disappeared, lengthening the neighboring vowel.