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Alternate Names
Karatai, Karatay, Karatin, Kirdi, Kk’irtli micc’i
Population
260 (2010 census). Ethnic population: 6,400 (2014 NCRP).
Location
Dagestan republic: Akhvakhsky district, 10 villages.
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Language Status
6a (Vigorous). Statutory language of provincial identity in Dagestan Autonomous Republic (1994, Constitution, Article 10).
Classification
Dialects
Tokita (Tokitin), Karata proper (Anchix, Archo, Chabakaroi, Enkhelo, Ratsitl). Karatin and Tokitin dialects are quite different.
Language Use
Language Development
Dictionary. Texts.
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].
Muslim.