Itsari (Icari) is a language in the
Dargin dialect continuum spoken in
Dagestan
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Russia
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spoken in the village
Itsari by about 2,000 people.
It is often considered a divergent dialect of
Dargwa.
Ethnologue lists it under the dialects of Dargwa but recognizes that it may be a separate language.
[ at ''Ethnologue'']
References
Further reading
*Sumbatova, N. R., & Mutalov, R. O. (2003). ''Languages of the World/Materials 92: Icari.'' Lincom GmbH.
Northeast Caucasian languages
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