Ethnologue

Tabasaran

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Ghumghum, Tabasarantsky, Tabassaran

Population

126,000 (2010 census). Ethnic population: 146,000 (2010 census). Total users in all countries: 127,210.

Location

Dagestan republic: half live in urban areas, half in 98 Tabasaran-speaking mountain villages.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing). Statutory language of provincial identity in Dagestan Autonomous Republic (1994, Constitution, Article 10).

Classification

Dialects

South Tabasaran, North Tabasaran (Khanag).

Language Development

Literature. Newspapers. Periodicals. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2010.

Language Resources

Writing

Cyrillic script [Cyrl].

Other Comments

Muslim.