Tukita dialect

The Tukita dialect is a dialect of the Karata language, common in the villages of Tukita in the Akhvakhsky District and Tukita, [Khasavyurtovsky District|Tukita] in the Khasavyurtovsky District of the Republic of Dagestan. It has significant differences in phonetics, morphology and vocabulary with the proper Karata dialect.

Linguistic characteristics

There are noticeable differences in the vocabulary.
In the Tuktitan dialect, the formation of numerals is vigesimal, in contrast to decimal in Karatin proper. In cardinal numerals, the particle -да is absent. The formation of the names of tens is also different.
There are differences in pronominal adverbs ", English "there.
The formant of the dative case in the Tukita dialect is отцу, which coincides with the Akhvakh language.
The weak ejective lateral afrikata is absent. Tukita has a dorsal spirant , which is a variant of Karatin . The spirant itself is significantly palatalized. The palatalized consonants , , are represented.
In the dialect, the affixes of personal pronouns and the vowel of the stem change.
The dialect is influenced by the Avar language.