Key facts
- Pronunciation
- [ qχʼavannab mitsʼːi ]
- Native to
- North Caucasus
- Region
- Southern Dagestan
- Ethnicity
- 11,800 Andi (2010 census)
- Native speakers
- 21,150 (2020 census)
- Language family
- Northeast Caucasian Avar–Andic Andic Andi
- Iso 639 3
- ani
- Glottolog
- andi1255
- Elp
- Andi
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Encyclopedic overview
Andi is a Northeast Caucasian language belonging to the Avar–Andic branch spoken by about 5,800 ethnic Andi (2010) in the Botlikh region of Dagestan. The language is spoken in the villages Andi (along the river Andi-Koisu), Gunkha, Gagatl, Ashali, Rikvani, Chanko, Zilo, and Kvanxidatl.
Dialects
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.