Bagvalal language

Bagvalal
Bagualal, Bagwalal
багвалал мисӀсӀ
Pronunciation[bagwalal mis’ː]
Native toNorth Caucasus
RegionSouthwestern Dagestan
EthnicityBagvalal people
Native speakers
2,300 (2020 census)
Northeast Caucasian
  • Avar–Andic
    • Andic
      • Akhvakh–Tindi
        • Karata–Tindi
          • Botlikh–Tindi
            • Bagvalal–Tindi
              • Bagvalal
Language codes
ISO 639-3kva
Glottologbagv1239
ELPBagvalal
  Bagvalal
Bagvalal is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)

The Bagvalal language (Bagulal) is an Avar–Andic language spoken by the Bagvalals in southwestern Dagestan, Russia, along the right bank of the river Andi-Koisu and the surrounding hills, near the Georgian border. It is fairly similar to Tindi, its closest relative. The 2020 Russian census recorded 2,297 Bagvalal speakers.

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