Aqusha dialect

{{short description|Dargin dialect}}{{Infobox language

| name = Aqusha

| familycolor = caucasian

| fam1 = Northeast Caucasian

| fam2 = Dargin

| fam3 = North-Central

| stand1 = Literary Dargwa

| fam4 = North Dargwa

| dia1 = Aqusha proper

| dia2 = Levashi

| states = Russia

| region = Dagestan

| ethnicity = {{ill|Aqusha people|lt=Aqusha|ru|Акушинцы}} Dargins

| speakers = 42,000 in traditional areas

| date = 2006

| ref =

| iso2 = dar

| iso2comment = (Literary Dargwa only)

| iso3 = dar

| iso3comment = (Literary Dargwa only)

| glottoname = Akusha

| glotto = akus1238

| altname = Akusha

| nativename = {{lang|dar|ахъушан / ахъушала лугъат}}
{{tlit|dar|aqušan / aqušala luʁat}}

| mapcaption = {{legend inline|#bde2e8|North Dargwa}}, with Aqusha at the bottom left of the section

| map = Dargwa_map_%28Koryakov%29_2021.png

| pronunciation = {{IPA|[aquʃan/aquʃala luʁat]}}

| script = Cyrillic (Literary Dargwa only)

}}

Aqusha is a dialect of North Dargwa spoken by over 42,000 Dargins.{{Cite book |last=Kori︠a︡kov |first=I︠U︡ B. |url=http://www.lingvarium.org/raznoe/publications/caucas/alw-cau-reestr.pdf |title=Atlas kavkazskikh i︠a︡zykov: s prilozheniem polnogo reestra i︠a︡zykov |date=2006 |publisher=Piligrim |others=Institut i︠a︡zykoznanii︠a︡ (Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk) |isbn=978-5-9900772-1-8 |location=Moskva |language=ru |script-title=ru:Атлас кавказских языков |chapter=РЕЕСТР КАВКАЗСКИХ ЯЗЫКОВ}} It is the basis for the literary Dargwa language, along with Urakhi, as was developed in the 1930s.{{Cite book |url=https://tapemark.narod.ru/les/126e.html |title=Lingvističeskij ènciklopedičeskij slovarʹ |date=1990 |publisher=Советская энциклопедия |isbn=978-5-85270-031-5 |editor-last=Izdatelʹstvo "sovetskaâ ènciklopediâ" |location=Москва |chapter=Darginskij âzyk |script-chapter=ru:Дарги́нский язы́к |editor-last2=Akademiâ nauk SSSR}} Speakers of Aqusha number the most among Dargwa linguistic groups.{{Cite book |last=Абдуллаев |first=Сайгид Нухкадиевич |url=https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Books/Linguistics/Mega%20linguistics%20pack/Caucasian/Dargwa%3B%20%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%20%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%20%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%20%28Abdullaev%29.pdf |title=Грамматика даргинского языка (фонетика и морфология) |publisher=Институт истории, языка и литературы |year=1954 |location=Махачкала}}