Karata

Conjugate Verbs

Facts

  • Language: Karata
  • Alternate names: Karatin, Kirdi, Karatai
  • Language code: kpt
  • Language family: Nakh-Daghestanian, Daghestanian, Avar-Andic-Tsezic, Andic
  • Number of speakers: 260
  • Vulnerability: Threatened [Read more...]
  • Script: Cyrillic script

More information:

    Introduction

    Source: Wikipedia
    Dagestan on Russian map

    Karata is an Andic language spoken in southern Dagestan. It has two dialects, Karatin and Tokitin, which are quite different. Speakers use Avar as their literary language.

    The verb

    Sample verb 'to plough'.

    Presentb-eL'L'-ida ida
    Imperfective participleb-eL'-id-o-b
    Present habitualb-eL'L'-ida
    Preteriteb-eL'L'e
    Imperfectb-eL'-ata b-ik̥'a
    Inflectional Futureb-eL'-a-̄s
    Future imperfectiveb-eL'L'-ida b-ik̥'-a-̄s