Urakhi dialect

Urakhi is a dialect of North Dargwa spoken by around 35,000 people in Sergokalinsky District, the northern portions of Akushinsky District and in the villages of Gerga and in Kayakentsky District. Along with the Aqusha dialect, it formed the basis for the literary Dargwa language.

Phonology

Urakhi does not have vowel length or consonant gemination, in contrast with other varieties. The affricates and are also preserved, in contrast with Tsudaqar and related varieties. The system of phonemic fortis and lenis has been lost, in accordance with the related Aqusha dialect, replaced by the corresponding voiced consonants.

Orthography

Urakhi was one of the bases for the literary Dargwa language, along with Aqusha. Peter von Uslar created an orthography for Urakhi in 1892 in his grammar.