Chirag language
Introduction '''Chirag''' (Chirag: ''xarʁnilla kub'') is a language in the Dargin dialect continuum spoken in Dagestan, Russia. It is often considered a divergent dialect of Dargwa. Ethnologue lists it under the dialects of Dargwa but recognizes that it may be a separate language.
Classification Based on lexical similarity, Chirag is usually classified as a separate language from other varieties of Dargwa. It has 67% lexical similarity with the North-Central group, 77.6% with the South group, and 69% with Kaitag; within the South group, it has 84% lexical similarity with Qunqi Amuq.
Phonology === Vowels ===Chirag has four vowels: , , , and .=== Prosody ===In Chirag, stressed syllables are specified for tone.=== Morphophonology ===Chirag has some phonological processes that pertain to specific morphological elements. The plural suffix ''-e'' attracts stress and induces vowel deletion on the final syllable of disyllabic nouns (e.g., ''qisqan'' 'spider', ''qisqne'' 'spiders'). Verbal prefixes have optional front/back vowel harmony.
Grammar Chirag is head-final, has fairly flexible word order and is rich with inflectional morphology. It has ergative–absolutive alignment in its case marking; the subject of a transitive verb is overtly marked with ergative case, and the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb are unmarked:
Usage There are efforts to enable automated translation of text from English to Chirag.
References
External links * ELAR archive of  Chirag Documentation Project