Itumkalinsky dialect ( Chech. Itonkhaylan dialect ) is a dialect of the Chechen language [1] . The Itum-Kaliisk dialect is spoken by residents of the Itum-Kale village ( Chech. Iton-Khailla ), Dishni ( Chech. Disney ), Bauloy ( Chech. BӀavla ), Guchum-Kali ( Chech. Guchen-Khaella ), Nihaloy ( Chech. Nihala ) , Vashendara ( Chech. Vashandara ), Remembrance ( Chech. Phyamat ), etc., included in the Itum-Kaln and Shatoevsky districts [2] .
| Itumkalinsky dialect | |
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| Self name | |
| Country |  Chechnya |
| Regions | |
| Status | vanishing |
| Classification | |
| Category | languages of Eurasia |
North Caucasian superfamily (not universally recognized)
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| Writing | |
The territorially Itum-Kalin dialect is in contact in the east with the Cheberloev dialect , in the south with the Georgian language, in the west with the Galanchozh dialect , and in the north with the flat Chechen, which formed the basis of the Chechen literary language [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Arsakhanov , 1969 , p. 155.
- ↑ 1 2 Arsakhanov , 1969 , p. 87.
Literature
- Arsakhanov I.A. Galanchogsky dialect // Chechen dialectology : monograph . / Ed.Z. A. Gavrishevskaya , ed. U. E. Gaisultanov. - Chechen-Ingush Research Institute of History, Language, Literature and Economics. - Gr. : Chechen-Ingush Prince Publishing House., 1969. - 211 p. - 600 copies.