The Kadar dialect ( / ) is a dialect of the North Dargwa language, one of the Dargin languages, which is characterized by specific phonetic, morphological, lexical and syntactic features. It is traditionally regarded as a single dialect of Dargwa. The vocabulary layer of the Kadar dialect includes words borrowed from Arabic, Persian, Russian and especially Turkic, due to contact with Kumyk.
Phonology Kadar has 39 consonants and 5 vowels. Gemination does not occur, as in other Dargin languages, but there are labialized consonants, being and . +LabialDentalPostalveolarPalatalVelarUvularPharyngeal/EpiglottalGlottal plain sib. Nasal Plosive/Affricate voiced voiceless ejective Fricative voiced () voiceless Sonorant
Morphology
Case Kadar has fewer cases than other Dargin languages.
References
External links
CLICS3 - Variety Dargwa (Kadar dialect)